DB report confirms more infrastructure is needed to reach EU climate targets
Pictured (left to right): Michael Peterson (CEO, DB Fernverkehr), Filip Alexandru Negreanu-Arboreanu (Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Vălean), Dominique Riquet MEP, Alberto Mazzola (Executive Director, CER), Casimiro Iglesias Pérez (General Director for Railways, Spanish Ministry for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda), Izaskun Bilbao Barandica MEP, David Martínez Hornillos (Head of EU Affairs, Renfe) EU
“We expect that the infrastructure that is planned or currently under construction will not be sufficient to meet the targets that have been set out” states a newly released report by Deutsche Bahn titled “Metropolitan Network: A strong European railway for an ever closer union.” It finds that achieving ambitious EU goals will require a substantial expansion of the existing high-speed rail infrastructure, and proposes the development of a European Metropolitan Network.
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With current infrastructure standards, as now at TEN-T, nearness, Goal of Union, in several ways, severely is obstructed.
Industry of railways now has to provide with safety factors, thus safely to become future proof!
(Current, “maintaining”, a defensive strategy, by “optimal maintenance”…, just widens gap, in favor of other modes.)
An offensive railway strategy, a New Old Railway, a virtually sustainable, is needed!