The Federal Network Agency has the German railway criticized for their poor communication at construction sites. He understands that the modernization of the rail network a big challenge said President Klaus Müller Rhenish Post. “But passenger and freight traffic must continue.”
Müller accused the railway of “miserable construction site management”. Short-term construction sites are particularly a problem. In the summer, the railway only informed competitors about 62 percent of the construction sites in a timely manner; in late autumn it was only 55 percent.
The Federal Network Agency According to Müller, he has fines amounting to 2.8 million euros due to inadequate announcements from construction sites imposed on the rail network subsidiary InfraGO. But nothing has changed. Therefore, “they are now relying on fines,” said Müller.
According to Müller, the railway must compensate all transport companies that use the network. For construction sites that are communicated very late, we go one step further, said Müller. “Then the construction work cannot take place as planned.” However, the railway is suing against this.
Trains have recently been more punctual
Deutsche Bahn trains were apparently there over the Christmas period more punctual than usual. Like a railway spokesman opposite Picturenewspaper confirmed, the punctuality rate in long-distance transport on December 24th and 25th was over 75 percent.
That was 20 percent more than the average for November. In November, only 55 percent of trains reached their destination on time.
In November, the railway announced that it would stop working on construction sites in the rail network in view of the many passengers expected around the Christmas holidays restricted on the days in question. The background was what was expected to be the worst punctuality figures in long-distance transport of all time. The railway boss expected for the current year Evelyn Palla This means that overall less than 60 percent of all long-distance trains will reach their destination on time.
