Rolling stock pool could boost night train viability

MEPs back the idea, particularly in the Greens-EFA and Renew Europe groups, and there is solid support from transport ministries of EU member states, not least in Germany where the proposals for a pool of stock matches transport minister, Mr Andreas Scheuer's Trans Europe Express (TEE) 2.0 prop...

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Published in:International Railway Journal 2021-09, Vol.61 (9), p.50-50
Main Author: Worth, Jon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Proposals
Railroads
Rolling stock
Trains
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Summary:MEPs back the idea, particularly in the Greens-EFA and Renew Europe groups, and there is solid support from transport ministries of EU member states, not least in Germany where the proposals for a pool of stock matches transport minister, Mr Andreas Scheuer's Trans Europe Express (TEE) 2.0 proposals. Worth favours the use of locomotive hauled trains because it is much easier to gain approval for them rather than EMUs in more than a dozen European countries. [...]if converting a second-hand daytime coach into a couchette or sleeping car changes the weight profile or electricity systems then a new approval process is required, pushing the price up.
ISSN:2161-7376