https://morganbye.com/tags/conference/Recent content in Conference on Morgan ByeHugoen-caCC BY-SA 4.0Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000https://morganbye.com/posts/20100901/Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000https://morganbye.com/posts/20100901/<p>So today is my first day back at work proper since my recent journey to Switzerland/Germany. And I return feeling like I&rsquo;ve learnt a lot, not least about EPR, which was the primary reason for going. For example I now know that the Swiss and German rail network running like clockwork is somewhat of a myth. They did once upon a time function like that but about 7 years ago they privatised their network (despite having very closely watched the British attempt fail), so the network has had no investment in those 7 years. As a result the track is slowly coming apart, meaning that the trains have to run slower to avoid derailing. The Swiss/German response to this, is that where there is consistent late running, they simply put back the timetable. This has resulted in even the fast-speed trains running at little more than 20 mph.</p>