German rail expansion plan not ready by 2030, ‘could take 50 years’
Regional and long-distance trains in Stuttgart Christian Lue via Unsplash
The German rail industry is quite upset with recent comments made by representatives of the Federal Government regarding the Deutschlandtakt and its timetable, which will synchronise both long-distance, regional train traffic and freight. The German Federal Commissioner for Rail Transport, Michael Theurer, was quoted by German broadcaster ZDF as saying that the Deutschlandtakt is a project that might take over 50 years to realise, whereas the project was planned to be ready by 2030.
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Devastatingly, track standard, is short of redundancy – and “cementing”. (Currently longer trains is single option for added load capacity. Utilisation of assets accordingly is hampered.)
Even worse, detoriation of infrastructure is rapid, etc., etc. (Recently 130.000 sleepers had to be shifted…)
All other modes, those robust (redundant) decisively upgrade, for lower costs – when “Shift2Rail” has been mantra – at Industry…
Now, upgrading, 32,5 ton, etc., safely has to be provided for!