Railway company SNCB and spoornetbeheerder Infrabel have a total of 46 measures indicated that the punctuality on the railways in the short term should improve. That have the toplui of both companies this afternoon said in the parliamentary Committee of Infrastructure.
The punctuality on the railways deteriorated last year to 87,2 percent, the lowest level in five years. The two railways worked, therefore, re-action. It contains a total of 46 short-term measures that have a positive influence should have on punctuality.
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Railway company SNCB has 21 measures in its action plan, thus topvrouw Sophie Dutordoir. In doing so, a lot of attention for the first departure of the trains. Because the percentage of trains that leaves on time, is last year stabilized at 97 percent. “A further improvement is possible by the ‘klaarmakingsproces’ to simplify and more robust,” according to the NMBS. the
At Infrabel there are 15 measures in the action plan, announced by ceo Luc Lallemand. The company will, for example, additional cameras to install at critical consider for faster intervention in case of incidents and locomotives are equipped with systems that have problems with the overhead lines can be detected. In the context of the current cold snap test Infrabel also a product that ijzelvorming on the overhead lines would have to fight.
in Addition, there are 10 common short-term measures. So want to Infrabel and SNCB together urgently to punctuality, tackling on two Walloon axes: the so-called “dorsale wallonne” and the Binche-Turnhout. They will also together “robuustheidstests” run to the impact of planned works. In addition to the short-term measures that both railways created a common “punctuality improvement program” for the period 2019-2022.
“Punctuality is more realistic to measure”
Dutordoir would also like the punctuality of the trains in a more realistic way to calculate, where there also is taken into account missed connections and deprecated trains. “We need the real experiences of customers to measure.”
According to Dutordoir displays the current manner in which the punctuality is measured, not what the customers actually experience. “I want 2019 to work on a KPI ( key performance indicator, or performance indicator , ed.) who is the real customer experience measures, taking into account connections and deprecated trains, because they are much penaliserender for the passenger delays.”
More generally said, the nmbs / SNCB-topvrouw that it is time that the railway company, “customers business”. “We need to take account of the potential of real customers in real trains, and on the basis of robust transport plans develop.”
Measurements are not realistic enough
Applied on punctuality, gave Dutordoir that the current measurements are not realistic enough. They are monitors after all, only the possible delay at the terminus of the train in the Brussels station on the line. But, for example, delays on the road against the terminus eliminated, are not in the figures. And who by such a delay also, miss a connection, is not at all served.
The nmbs / SNCB topvrouw also the punctuality of the trains in a more realistic way to calculate, where there also is taken into account missed connections and deprecated trains, so she said to the parliamentary Committee.
