Expanded ICE maintenance facility inaugurated in Berlin
In order to also accommodate the new ICE L, the Rummelsburg site will undergo another expansion in the near future. 2022, Deutsche Bahn AG / Volker Emersleben
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has officially inaugurated the upgraded maintenance facility for the long-distance ICE trains in Berlin-Rummelsburg. Following an investment of 200 million euros, maintenance capacity was increased by 30 per cent. Additional jobs were created, too.
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“Optimal maintenance”, mantra…, regrettably is a symptom – of a railway currently not optimal.
(Broken rails, “voids” and “hung sleepers” is not optimal…)
At current traffic and speed, forces, by system have become too high, thus reducing margins for safety, and for payload, etc. – and not sustainable.
For added utilisation, at existing assets, now shifts, for added capacity, is needed.
(Current standard, high quality rails safely withstands 45 T axial load, when voids are outed, etc…)