Thread: Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could it happen here...??
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Old January 2nd 12, 11:24 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.europe
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Default Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could ithappen here...??
Am 01.01.2012 23:28, schrieb Hans-Joachim Zierke:
Failures in 2009/2010 were caused by

design error by the manufacturer, miscalculating wheel strength.

under the pressure of their customer, DB AG, to make the S-Bahn
trains cheaper.

Same issue as with the wheel crises of DB's ICE trains.

And still a result of the separation of the design and construction
of the rolling stock from the operator.


L.W.

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