French senate warns against new rail infrastructure funding model
Inside the French Senate building Jackintosh / Wikimedia
To fund the 300 million euros earmarked for investment in French railway infrastructure by 2027, a new financing contract has been established by the French government, placing the SNCF in a challenging position. The French senate warns this model may lead to higher ticket prices for consumers.
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Quality pays – and vice versa!…
Vulnerable (short of resiliency) and as well short of redundant capacity, Bottleneck of railways, the obvious…, no longer may be disregarded!
(Electrification, yes, but a robust, a redundant, etc.!…)
When railway infrastructure is future proof, thus as otherwise, soundly and sustainably with safety factors, then, simply, finance will become a technicality. (STAX 32 – now safely – shall be min., at any investment.)
Railways is a device, not the goal!