| Berlin (Reuters). Decisions without another high-level meeting of the delays in the approval of Railways has come to an end. The meeting with Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer (CSU), which was attended on Thursday next Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube, representatives of manufacturers such as Siemens, Bombardier and the Federal Railway Office has, been very constructive, a spokeswoman for the Department for Transport in London.
About any progress, however, it was agreed not to disclose. It was the fifth meeting on the subject. In March, the parties wish to re-sit at a table. In recent weeks, delays in the approval of eight high-speed trains for anger had caused. Siemens could this not deliver as promised for the winter schedule. The company was also responsible for the lengthy examination.
Before the meeting, the Department of Transportation Passenger association "Pro-Rail Alliance" had complained bureaucratic bottlenecks in the approval of new trains. "It can not go on as before, with the authorization practice," said Dirk Flege, managing.
The German train drivers union (GDL) and the Railway and Transport union (ECG) defended the current practice. "We can be happy that we in Germany have an independent and functioning agency like the Federal Railway Authority," said the GDL chairman Claus Weselsky. The safety of passengers and drivers must come first. Like the ECG Weselsky demanded rather, increase the staff of the Federal Railway Office.
The Federal Ministry of Transport, there are considerations that other bodies such as TÜV or Dekra could test new features.
Siemens, meanwhile, exchanged the lead in the railway sector. The current head Ansgar Brockmeyer lose its position was confirmed by a spokesman for the Munich-based group a report on the "Handelsblatt". His successor is the former chief strategist in the infrastructure sector and cities, Juergen Wilder. The spokesman stressed that the change is not dependent on a single project. The breakdown of the high-speed trains cost the company in the last fiscal quarter of 116 million euros.
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