it is unnatural for Dennis Alex Jorgensen to speak negatively about the DSB. He has worked for the railways for 31 years, and he represents the clerks in the DSB, through his duties as dean in the HK Traffic & Rail.
But the state of affairs has now reached a level where he feels he will have to take the leaf from the mouth. Also public.
the Background is Michael Randropps decision to quit as chairman of the Pendlerklubben on the coast railway, after ten years, dropping the train and in the future take the car, as the Extra Magazine described yesterday.
– I’m superærgerlig over, to a man who is so dedicated, as Michael Randropp it, throw in the towel. But I understand him well, and I hope that the DSB, Banedanmark and the politicians will listen to what he says, says Dennis Alex Jorgensen.
on Monday said Michael Randropp to Ekstra Bladet:
– I’m faster in Copenhagen with the car, if you compare with the travel time of the itinerary. And therein lies not the delays that often come with the train, he says.
– I’ve tried through meetings with DSB, Banedanmark and the many ministers to achieve a better traffic on the coastal railway. And I can just see that it looks bleak for the future.
– I am very proud that we have been around and dress the politicians in. When they will not solve the tasks, I don’t think longer on it, and then I can’t stand in front of a pendlerklub.
And he gets the support from the Dennis Alex Jørgensen, who, through his work running free with the DSB. It is he considering dropping.
I’m considering strongly to deliver frikortet to the DSB and instead take the car and then get the deduction, I waive with frikortet. It is stinking hot in the S-trains, because there is no air conditioning. There is a lack of seats. All other places make it better. Even in buses and by plane are cooled down, he says.
He believes that the problems lie with Banedanmark, DSB and the politicians.
Politicians should sit together and make a continuous policy, so that rail infrastructure does not change the colors on the governments. Banedanmark should look at the economy instead of its own budget. There will be thought too narrow and in the economy for every business in the place of, what is overall benefit to society. And the DSB should get something stock, that live up to today’s standards. It is, after all, that the toilets do not work, to commute internally must notify each other about delays.
Dennis Alex Jørgensen believes that there is every opportunity to deliver a good and stable infrastructure on the rail network.
– We have an excellent opportunity to make a perfect product, so we, for example, may be of limited cars in the cities. But it is not. People take the car, because they dare not rely on whether they can get home with the train. It is similar to the that of ten years ago bought a mini-car, and stubbornly holds onto it, even if you have got four children. It does not hold.
IN the DSB keeps you stuck in that punktligheden is fine.
– We are constantly in contact with customers in relation to to find out what they think about the product. How is it going with punktligheden? And we think it looks o.k. out. We are in the green, as regards the operatørpunktlighed, and it is the primary goal of the DSB, says Tony Bispeskov, information services manager, DSB.
He acknowledges, however, that we can work with to make the information better.
– There are situations about traffic information, which is an area we share with Banedanmark. We work hard to make it better. In particular, when the traffic does not have it so good, and the need is greatest, he says.
Also, when it comes to the lack of air conditioning in the S-trains, says it will look at in the future.
– the Weather has changed, and there are several days where it can be hot in the S-trains. We are starting to look at the future of the S-train, and of course it will be something that is incorporated in the thoughts.
Denmark’s new transport minister, Benny Engelbrecht (S), I regret that Michael Randropp stops, and he points out that punktligheden can be improved on the coastal railway. In a written response sent through the press offices the minister says:
‘Punktligheden on the coast railway has over the last years developed in a positive direction, although there is still a significant potential for improvement. Just the status of the coastal railway and the potential for improvements is on the agenda, when I’m on short time to meet with the mayors of Kystbanekommunerne and I wrote. My focus is on how we, in both the short and long term, can better ensure the quality and punctuality to the benefit of passengers.’
