‘Urgent investments’ needed for German rail infrastructure, but will they be made?
German rail infrastructure is in need of significant investments
Recently, the German coalition government decided to break with the ‘road finances road’ principle, outlined in a reform package. But will the needed investments in railway infrastructure – 45 billion euros until 2027 – be made? For that, we have to “wait and see”, says the German Pro-Rail Alliance.
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Standard however, regrettably, at railway infrastructure, already at last century had passed b b d.
Now mantra is “optimal maintenance”, a suboptimal strategy.
Redundancy, readiness for added future demand is not included. Even worse standard does not meet with currently requested.
(22,5 T a modest axial load at a a mode where load is Edge…, but not allowed by Standard…)
Now at any investment, worth name, safely shall provide for 32,5 and provide redundancy, as at all other modes!