Abstract
In Europe the environment for the rail Infrastructure Managers, is changing:
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new European directives (in the European Union influence zone),
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decreasing government budgets,
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need for higher infrastructure capacity utilisation and
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increasing customer expectations.
This change requires a very efficient way of managing the rail infrastructure maintenance activities.
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Tzanakakis, K. (2013). The Changing External Environment for the Infrastructure Manager. In: The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36051-0_9
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