Infrastructure ÖBB targets infrastru
A five-year infrastructure cost reduction programme by Austrian Federal Railways’ (ÖBB) infrastructure division has yielded nearly €1bn in savings and, as David Briginshaw reports, ÖBB expects to exceed its €1.25bn target.
PEAKING at a track seminar organised by Plasser & Theurer in London recently, Mr Wolfgang Nemetz of ÖBB Infrastructure, explained that ÖBB’s efficiency programme, which was launched in 2008, is aimed at cutting new construction, renewal and maintenance infrastructure costs by ƒ1256m or 118% by 2018. “So far, we have saved ƒ935.6m and I think we will reach the target or even exceed it,” Nemetz said. ÖBB is trying to reduce the total cost
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of running its 5700km network and the objective is to achieve permanent cost
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reductions without reducing quality. “Our owner expects a reliable and safe system, but we are also expected to make efficient use of our financial resources,” says Nemetz. The process follows a set pattern using a systematic approach starting with an idea followed by analysis, pilot implementation of a solution, and if that is successful the solution is made permanent. A spin-off from the process is that the search for efficiencies has promoted innovation. Finally the measures undertaken are monitored. “We first have to identify a problem
and then work out what improvements can be made while keeping an eye out for any quick wins - our management is always keen to see quick wins,” Nemetz explained. “We then prioritise the measures, implement them and control and optimise the improvements.” To capture the status of track and
structures, ÖBB operates an EM250 inspection and measuring car which can travel at up to 250km/h and is able to measure track geometry, rail wear and the rail surface. It also has an EM80 vehicle to measure track geometry, rail wear and tunnel cross-sections.
IRJ January 2014
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