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It is widely believed that railways
represent the only transport mode which can significantly contribute
in the next years to solve the increasingly difficult mobility and
congestion problems in the European transportation system, as roads
and airways approach saturation and cause damaging environmental
effects.
The continued growth in transport demand puts in evidence the existing
problems of Europe's transport system and forces authorities to
adopt precise and robust action plans to get real improvements in
a reasonable period of time. The recently issued White Paper "European
transport policy for 2010: time to decide" identifies "revitalising
the railways" as one of the main objectives, to be achieved first
of all opening up the markets, pushing for further harmonisation
in the fields of interoperability and safety, improving railways
credibility, in terms of regularity and punctuality, and completing
the envisaged trans-European Network.
To effectively address such objectives and support its strategic
role, the railway system needs to improve all parts of its organisation,
removing bottlenecks and taking advantage of new technologies: an
important factor is the maintenance activity, and its impact on
system performances, costs, quality of service and openness. While
initiatives to improve maintenance exist from single railway operators,
only a concerted action at continental level can give a common standard
vision covering all aspects in this field.
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