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Asset Maintenance: Cracking the nut of rising costs

By Phil Bulman, Marcus Beard, Tushar Chaturvedi, Olivier Pilot, Julien Pluchet and Rick Eagar* 2026-01-23T15:00:00

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An international benchmarking exercise by management consultancy Arthur D Little has found that railways across Europe are facing a maintenance cost crunch, with strong leadership needed to address the problem.

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