Dijksma wants quick recovery destroyed railway bridge

World January 12, 2016 18:07

- Sharon Dijksma Secretary of State (Infrastructure) during its German colleagues to push for a speedy recovery,, '' the broken rail bridge between between Nieuweschans (Groningen) and German Leather. Early last month, bridge and foundation were heavily damaged when a freighter against to feed.

         According to the German rail infrastructure manager will take three to five years because recovery, including a new planning procedure, including public inquiries, to come. Dijksma will be in the letter,, emphasize that it is in the interest of the (cross-border) passenger and the carrier is '' to restore the bridge soon.
Especially goods experiencing problems with the block, said Dijksma. Travel by day several hundred people on the train. In November, it went to seven hundred passengers per day. There is a bus connection set up as an alternative.