Analysis
Germany unlikely to reach rail electrification target
Freight train on electrified railway in Germany Elrich Westendarp/pixelio.de
The electrification of the rail network in Germany is progressing slowly, while a clear target of 75 percent by 2030 is set. “Virtually nothing has happened in Germany since 2019. Just 61 percent of the rail network is electrified”, said Dirk Flege, managing director of the Pro-Rail Alliance. The rising costs of construction could play a role, as the cost-benefit analyses of electrification have a higher chance of falling in favour of not electrifiying.
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Electrification, as when steam was outed…, no longer is timely – so it is.
After “Toyota Case”, now when not even core niche customers afford luxury of not caring about “eta” – a shift is needed!
In fact, all railway technicalities, not safely ensuring predictable stops, now are due for shifting out.
“Optimal maintenance”, now big business, is a symptom!…
(Nothing but a contemporary railway is the optimal! Broken rails shall not remain cause number one, for derailments, etc., etc.!)
disastrous management by DB HQ in Berlin and also careless handling of this issue by 100 % ownership of German Government.