SNCF Réseau awards €1.8 Billion contract for French rail network regeneration
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SNCF Réseau is awarding one of its biggest calls for tenders for work to regenerate the network over the next 7 years. It involves massive track renewal work on conventional lines and the renewal of switches and ballast on high-speed lines and renewal of switches and ballast on high-speed lines, for a total value 1.8 billion euros.
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Hm…, frequently “re” appears, at “renewal”, etc. Just, at switches, there shall be an upgrading and marginally, just during construction work emissions shall be reduced.
Otherwise “investments” now are afforded standards, already 30 years ago, due for outing.
(Standards, still at TEN-T, etc. was not meant for high speed!…)
Now, accordingly ” optimal maintenance”, suboptimal for maintaining…, is “big business”, but devastatingly hampering railways – and goal of EU membership, etc., etc.!