Conclusion European Year of Rail: lot of thinking, not enough action
“There is a lot of consultation, a lot of unanimity, but not enough is being done on the ground,” says rail ambassador Wim van de Camp about the Dutch rail sector in his final report on the European Year of Rail. This thematic year officially ended in March 2022, and the ambassador has now analysed the results.
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Expensive, yes, regrettably due to own shortcomings. User fee soundly and sustainably can be reduced, but just when costs for repairings (“attended maintenance”), etc. sufficiently are reduced, etc. All over costs substantially have to be attended. Compare how global Industry, by air and by sea, add load capacity for reducing costs, etc. Short, heavy trains are better than long…
However “Bottleneck” now is Industry’s low quality mark. Quality pays! Quality Programs have to be upgraded, etc.!
As well, within nations however, problems remain, by Industry – and media… – covered up by “new speech”…
Authorities allow 22,5 ton axial load, but not techniques, etc. Predictive, optimised “maintenance” is good,, but safely calculable track construction, with safety factors…, is the requested, the sustainable. (Added traffic, loads and speed now has revealed the weak links, simply now urgently to be attended, as clients have shifted to “On Demand” and On Time deliveries is high quality.