The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat, has now set its quality standard for the Dutch railway: Basic Quality Dutch for Railways (Basiskwaliteit Nederlands Spoor or BKN Spoor). Moving forward, Rijkswaterstaat and ProRail will make decisions regarding the maintenance and improvement of the railway based on this new standard. Demissionary State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen wrote this to the Second Chamber.
“The maintenance needs, available capacity on the railway, availability of personnel, and budgetary resources require a new balance,” writes Heijnen. “As maintenance work on the railway is expected to increase in the coming period and maintenance costs rise, choices need to be made to better align budget and performance and to increase predictability.”
According to the state secretary, adopting the quality standard Basic Quality Dutch for…
