Der er gået næsten et år tabt med at nå til en fælles holdning, mens en ukendt mængde talent i form af repræsentanter for medlemsstaterne, jernbaneselskaberne og industrien i årene forud har beskæftiget sig med emnet.
It took almost a year to come to a common position, whereas in the previous years an unprecedented amount of talent on the part of representatives of the Member States, the railway companies and industry had been devoted to the subject.