Rail Transport Infrastructure

The stabling yard is too large for the number of trains stored there, and much of the equipment is not used, and is rusting away
•The stabling yard is in a place that is difficult to access, and far away from where maintenance staff are based
•Entry and exit from the stabling yard is a bottleneck, and the stabling yard cannot put trains into and receive trains from the network quickly enough
•Stabling is not long enough to accommodate the length of trains that are need

railways can face some serious problems. Some of the problems with poorly designed or located stabling includes:
•Trains need to be moved large distances to start their runs in the morning, or finish at night in poor places, and again need to be moved
•Stabling can’t accommodate all the trains that operate on a line, and only some can be stabled
•Infrastructure in the stabling yard is in poor condition, as the yard is so busy that important maintenance cannot be performed