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Sunday, 10 October 2010 05:07
Train could do without price increase

Sounds like a joke, but no: Eight consecutive years has increased the German train on time to switch to the winter timetable, prices. This year could be different.


The train will get the massive technical problems and malfunctions of its trains for passengers with multi-million investment in the handle. In the next five years, the state-owned company also wants to spend more than 330 million € for quality and service. The railway announced on Thursday in Berlin. Plans include additional customer service, a more thorough cleaning of trains and larger vehicle reserves. A number of failures and delays in winter and defective air conditioning in high-speed trains in the summer had tens of thousands of angry travelers.

Railway chief Ruediger Grube said that the measures should bring in the coming months "significant improvements". Only satisfied customers can compete with the railway car, aircraft and cars competing to succeed. If there was interference, the consequences for the passengers are mitigated. The announcements at stations and on trains will be clearer. Whether the price of tickets to the timetable change in December, as usual recently increased again, left open pit. Any decision would be taken but with moderation.


ICE trains are to be weatherproof


Among the largest projects include the acquisition of sanding for about 100 million € by 2015. This is to be equipped commuter trains including the S-Bahn Munich, Rhine-Main and Stuttgart. The trains are so slow on greasy tracks better in the fall, what to avoid delays. For 80 million € to 120 train conductors added in transport. Some 40 million euros are meant to clean trains on the road better. For 30 million euros, the ICE fleet will be made weather-resistant - for example by a moisture protection for sensitive electrical components.

When will the trains disorders such as rent on the French railway. Because due to additional security checks to ICE-axis, there is no reserve until further moves. The form of compensation for long delays will be from December noticeably shorter and easier. Instead of lengthy correspondence will call the orbit more disgruntled customers directly.

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Last Updated on Sunday, 10 October 2010 05:30
 

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