The trains in long-distance transport of Deutsche Bahn (DB), in March unpunctual. “We had in February, a rate of 80 percent, in March, we were at about 78.4 percent,” said Ronald Pofalla, infrastructure management Board of DB, the daily mirror. In the first quarter of the long-distance transport have driven out but “reserves,” from January to March, the punctuality rate spent an average of 78.2 percent. The goal for 2019 76.5 percent. “We have made every effort to increase our quality. Punctuality is increasing“, – said Pofalla. The Federal Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) expected that the DB can show up to the summer of discernible progress in the punctuality and quality of Service.
In the ongoing negotiations with the Federal government on the future funding of the group – the so-called performance and financing agreement III – expected Pofalla a further reference. “I am confident that we will succeed, in the framework of the Agreement III for the capacity already at the end of Build – building measures, so as to disturb the railway operation in the less – an additional amount in the low three-digit million range per year to get,” he said. The Federal government had prohibited for the period from 2020 to 2024 is already per year, one billion Euro. Add up to 2023 annually to 570 million euros for the digitalization of the infrastructure. This increase in the funds but is not sufficient, “to our backlog to resolve in the case of maintenance,” said Pofalla. For example, the construction prices have increased in the past two years.
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On the rail network of the railway, there are, according to Pofallas at times, up to 1000 sites a day. Due to the better construction site management, limitations in the transport are on the decline. “If all the measures are in effect, then, we want to be able to reduce the previous limitations of the capacity by a third. And to be so punctual,“ said the railway Board.