carriages closed the investigation. Legambiente volunteers for a week at stations in the capital
L’INDAGINE. I volontari Legambiente for a week at stations in the capital
(from Bresciaoggi, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Chronicle p. 15).
From Brescia to Milan in a late train on two
Natalia Danesi
Trains dirty and late. Time passes, but the problems of the commuters are not resolved. To put in black and white map of discomfort this time is Legambiente, who last week has been monitoring the situation of rail transport in the Peninsula campaign under the commuters. And the picture that emerges is not comforting. In our region, 39 percent of commuter trains arriving in Milan late, beyond the appointed hour. In the various stations of the capital, the volunteers have occurred that monitored on 444 trains, 173 wore a delay time between 5 minutes and a half. TRAINS FROM BRESCIA
arriving more than 5 minutes after the scheduled time are less than 13 out of 26, one to 2, with peak delay of 36 minutes. According to Legambiente, are 25 000 daily commuters who flock to the trains of Lombardy. The problems are mainly related to the "lack of maintenance on the rail network and trains that have an average age of 28 years and thousands of miles of travel on the shoulders. In recent years the railways have lost a big chunk of its members for failing to respond adequately to the demand for rail transport, "
" Dirt, delays, inconveniences are always the same - said Luigi Barbieri of the In Time -. We requested a meeting to talk about our problems, but we were not heard. "
on a war footing even ADELE Ghilardi, the Committee commuters Romano - Chiari - Rovato. "Last year was completed after waiting twenty years to quadruple the line Milan - Treviglio - explains -. On this occasion, we managed to get a new race that starts just before 7 from Brescia and is the fastest. " On the other hand, however, he continues, were added during peak hours 6 new races Eurostar Italy, three Milan - Venice and many Venice - Milan. Too bad that, he adds, just stop in Padua and Brescia, Verona and Vicenza. A real "waste", according to commuters.
"We thought that after the quadrupling it could shorten travel times. But we were told that in order to adapt the programming of races we have to wait until June. For our part, since we are already in February, asking to be heard and to have a meeting soon. We should plan to have the schedules a few days before it comes into force.
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The admission of the president Innocenzo Cipolletta. Intesa alongside competitors
Railway: new price rises, but
to cover the holes. 'Services will not improve "
" The increases are unfortunately offset the deficit and to pay interest on banks'
ROME - The increases in rail tickets "will continue" in the future. But the quality of service on trains operated by the Italian State Railways hardly be better. The price rises to president of the company's own admission, Innocent Cipolletta, "unfortunately they are not for the improvement of services, but to compensate for the deficit is to pay interest to banks is to plug the holes in the past."
BIG PROBLEMS - Speaking at the recording of an episode of the TV show "Economix" Rai Educational, the President gave an overview of Fs certainly not exciting, "Delays? Are comparable to those of other European countries - he said - but the overall transport system that has problems in Italy. There are 60 million people and the country is congested. Very little has been invested in railways in recent years, there are the same tracks after the war, while it is multiplied by the number of trains and this causes delays. "
COMMUTERS AND LONG DISTANCE - Cipolletta has also clarified that the Railways will not invest on long-distance trains: "They are of old design and the passengers are shrinking. Our policy is to encourage passengers to preferire l'alternativa di collegamenti aerei low cost». Meglio invece puntare sulle tratte di media lunghezza, dai 200 ai 400 chilometri, e sui treni per i pendolari: mille nuovi treni saranno acquistati, anche perché c'è «una quantità di materiale vecchio eccessivo e quindi non ci sono treni per offrire servizi decenti alla gente. Il presidente Prodi ha trovato entusiasmante questo punto e lo ha approvato. Capisco che ci sono difficoltà di finanza pubblica ma credo che ci darà la possibilità di comprarli».
CONCORRENZA - Nel frattempo, la concorrenza si mobilita. La Ntv - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori - che fa capo a Luca Cordero di Montezemolo e Diego Della Valle ha ufficializzato l'acquisto da Alstom of 25 high-speed trains next generation, the AGV. The contract has a value of 650 million euro. The construction of high-speed network will end in 2009 and by 2010 there will be a thousand kilometers of the network on which trains will travel at a speed of 300 kmh. This will take the Rome-Milan in 3 hours and 10 minutes. NTV is particularly interested in this type of connections.
AGREEMENT NTV - The first Italian private operator in passenger rail transport has also confirmed it had reached an agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, the bank will enter the capital of NTV with a market share of 20%, for a total investment of 60 million euro. With the addition institute in the capital of NTV Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Diego Della Valle and Gianni Punzo have 25.3% each, 20%, as mentioned, will be attributable to Intesa Sanpaolo, 4% will instead Giuseppe Sciarrone.
January 17, 2008
The admission of the president Innocenzo Cipolletta. Intesa alongside competitors
Railway: new price rises, but
to cover the holes. 'Services will not improve "
" The increases are unfortunately offset the deficit and to pay interest on banks'
ROME - The increases in rail tickets "will continue" in the future. But the quality of service on trains operated by the Italian State Railways hardly be better. The price rises to president of the company's own admission, Innocent Cipolletta, "unfortunately they are not for the improvement of services, but to compensate for the deficit is to pay interest to banks is to plug the holes in the past."
BIG PROBLEMS - Speaking at the recording of an episode of the TV show "Economix" Rai Educational, the President gave an overview of Fs certainly not exciting, "Delays? Are comparable to those of other European countries - he said - but the overall transport system that has problems in Italy. There are 60 million people and the country is congested. Very little has been invested in railways in recent years, there are the same tracks after the war, while it is multiplied by the number of trains and this causes delays. "
COMMUTERS AND LONG DISTANCE - Cipolletta has also clarified that the Railways will not invest on long-distance trains: "They are of old design and the passengers are shrinking. Our policy is to encourage passengers to preferire l'alternativa di collegamenti aerei low cost». Meglio invece puntare sulle tratte di media lunghezza, dai 200 ai 400 chilometri, e sui treni per i pendolari: mille nuovi treni saranno acquistati, anche perché c'è «una quantità di materiale vecchio eccessivo e quindi non ci sono treni per offrire servizi decenti alla gente. Il presidente Prodi ha trovato entusiasmante questo punto e lo ha approvato. Capisco che ci sono difficoltà di finanza pubblica ma credo che ci darà la possibilità di comprarli».
CONCORRENZA - Nel frattempo, la concorrenza si mobilita. La Ntv - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori - che fa capo a Luca Cordero di Montezemolo e Diego Della Valle ha ufficializzato l'acquisto da Alstom of 25 high-speed trains next generation, the AGV. The contract has a value of 650 million euro. The construction of high-speed network will end in 2009 and by 2010 there will be a thousand kilometers of the network on which trains will travel at a speed of 300 kmh. This will take the Rome-Milan in 3 hours and 10 minutes. NTV is particularly interested in this type of connections.
AGREEMENT NTV - The first Italian private operator in passenger rail transport has also confirmed it had reached an agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, the bank will enter the capital of NTV with a market share of 20%, for a total investment of 60 million euro. With the addition institute in the capital of NTV Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Diego Della Valle and Gianni Punzo have 25.3% each, 20%, as mentioned, will be attributable to Intesa Sanpaolo, 4% will instead Giuseppe Sciarrone.
January 17, 2008
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