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Rail diversion programme is improving, but still low In week 39 we were able to carry 44% of the volume that normally runs via Rastatt over diversionary routes. Thanks to other measures such as barge service on the Rhine and additional departures from our terminals south of Rastatt, we could offer around 50% of our normal capacity. Why is this proportion so low? Railway operations are extremely difficult because of technical and organisational obstacles: - Some diversionary lines require diesel locomotives
- Loco drivers must be found and need to be trained for the new lines. For each delayed train on diversionary road, twice as many loco drivers are needed
- Diversions via France require French speaking loco drivers
- Overcrowded secondary diversion lines are prone to delays and dysfunctions
- Terminals on the diversionary routes are overloaded and add dysfunction to an already suffering system
- Shunting service and traffic management functions are understaffed
- International cooperation between infrastructure managers is slow.
As a result, railway undertakings are not able to fully exploit the theoretically existing train path capacity, and some trains are running with extreme delays of several days. Situation in week 39 - Theoretically Hupac could count on a capacity of 120 trains
- We were able to run 94% of this train capacity. The lack of loco drivers was the main problem
- As a result, in week 39 we were able to carry 44% of our normal volume on the diversionary lines.
| Target | Actual figures | Shipments today vs. normal week | Trains | Shipments | Trains | Shipments | | Normal week | 310 | 9.300 | 280 | 8.400 | 100% | Week 33 | 41 | 1.400 | 41 | 1.382 | 16% | Week 34 | 60 | 1.800 | 37 | 1.145 | 13% | Week 35 | 90 | 2.700 | 44 | 1.388 | 16% | Week 36 | 110 | 3.300 | 67 | 2.006 | 23% | Week 37 | 120 | 3.600 | 78 | 2.249 | 27% | Week 38 | 120 | 3.600 | 88 | 2.771 | 33% | Week 39 | 120 | 3.600 | 113 | 3.668 | 44% |
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