In the case of the train so much is to renovate that building sites are in the rail network is likely to have on years to the daily life of passengers. For this the company receives a lot of money: The Railways are to get from 2020 to 2023, a year, a billion Euro more for the maintenance and Expansion of infrastructure. the By Markus Balser, Berlin Markus Balser
Markus Balser came in 2001 to the süddeutsche Zeitung. He is a graduate of the Cologne school of journalism and a diploma in Economics and was first in the economy editorial office in Munich. In 2013, he went to Berlin and reported from there on energy and environmental issues. At the beginning of 2016, he joined the parliamentary team and takes care of to transport and agricultural policies, as well as to the Deutsche Bahn. In 2007, Balser was Nannen, together with Klaus Ott and Hans Leyendecker for the research to the Siemens bribe scandal with the Henri award. In 2008, he was a scholarship holder of the Arthur F. Burns fellowship, a guest editor of the Wall Street Journal in New York.
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follow anyone Who is currently a track, know what it means to construction sites. On many routes in the country train journeys take just longer. In order to bring the crumbling infrastructure on the front man, the group this year a total of 800 construction sites. It comes to the rehabilitation of bridges, Turnouts, Interlockings and sidings. And more punctuality in the future.
Now, however, clear that A quick end is not in sight. The construction sites in the rail network will include years to the daily life of passengers. At least For the urgently needed repair work on their 33-000-kilometre-long rail network to get the track now from the Federal government substantially more money. According to information from government circles are to flow from 2020 to 2023, a year, a billion Euro more for the maintenance and Expansion of infrastructure. The fact the Union and the SPD have agreed in the budget negotiations.
According to the süddeutsche Zeitung to flow in the same period, in addition, a total of 570 million euros in the digitalization of the rail transport and, more and more trains in the future, in part, automatically. So it can be seen from the “Benchmark of the government draft of the Federal budget”, to adopt the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.
4.5 billion euros for investments
The financing contracts with the railway to be closed in the next few weeks and months. But now, the budget provides for a “Precautionary”. Thus, the increase in the resources for the paths through the so – called performance and financing agreement (Agreement) between the Federal government and the German Railways are to be written. The previous agreement expires this year. So far, the Federal government paid 3.5 billion Euro for investments in the preservation of the network. In the future, there will be 4.5 billion.
The Federal government made it clear on Monday what you wish for in the future of rail: faster long-distance routes. The railway Commissioner of the Federal government, Enak Ferlemann (CDU) wants to promote the long – planned Expansion of the route Berlin-Cologne high-speed line. To come to within four hours from the capital to Cologne, is a new ICE-route for Tempo 300 between Hannover and Bielefeld necessary. Then the train would gain more passengers, and less in the traffic to lose. The new route, the trains between Berlin and Amsterdam, which can then travel much faster.
so Far, the ICE between Cologne and Berlin takes around 4 hours and 40 minutes. The Considerations, however, are still at the very beginning. The government wants to start in the coming year, first of all, a forum for dialogue with citizens and communities on a preferred route. Experts believe that the planning procedures and the construction of such a route would take at least ten years. Also, the financing is not yet secured. It is clear, however, that it can rehabilitate the route Hamburg-Westerland in the next four years for 160 million euros.
How the group self-rehabilitated, on the other hand is more open. Behind-the-Scenes disputes started over who to back in the Board. The railway wants to expand the Board to two Posts. It is unclear, however, who in future is to control the regional transport. The Board wants to get the Manager, Evelyn Palla of the Austrian railway. Members of the Supervisory Board call for the Head of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, Sigrid Nikutta,.
Also for the possible sale of parts of the group, there is a dispute. In corporate circles, it is said, some of the members of the Supervisory Board were irritated by a thin preparation for the next Meeting and felt well informed. Instead of the desired multiple variants present, have
