Only the path of power for decades, to little, now you want to enforce it all at once. This can’t work.

for Years, nothing to do at the house, no hole in the roof plugs, no rain gutter cleaning. And then suddenly, all at once renovate: a window, a bathroom, electricity lines, water pipes and at the same time cozy and trouble-free dwell therein want. If that doesn’t work get everyone.

worn out rail network, and construction sites

And so it is with the railway. Due to exchange plans and austerity measures of the Federal government has stuck for decades, too little money into the rail network. Some tracks even built. Now money is there, now, will be re-built more: A run-down old network and construction sites increase as the delay causes of each other – with the known consequences.

basic rehabilitation will take longer

What has been submitted to the railway Board now – more staff, better construction site Management – this may help in the short term a bit. The restoration will take longer. No coincidence that the Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer in the Approximate amount of what he understands under the required “significant improvements in this half of the year,” because that’s exactly.

of time, money, and political will

Additional tracks do not build themselves new trains fall from the sky. For both, it takes time. It takes a second, money – the is already available, need more but it would be – and it needs a third political will.

The Minister of transport-averse to happiness more apparent than under its predecessors, which the train was pretty indifferent. Scouring the topic more systematically. He must saddle up now and financially on it again. Because: Without a well-functioning railway, neither the Problem of congested roads is to be solved, Germany will goals of climate protection-even remotely.