Following last week’s severe floods in Belgium, southern Netherlands and western Germany, rail freight in these regions has been impaired for the most part. High water levels and damages are still insisting. However, the infrastructure...Read more
Heavy rainfall and flooding in southern Germany are causing problems with rail freight transport. Specifically, the states of Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, and Hesse are the most heavily impacted. According to Deutsche Bahn, the disturbance occurred after...Read more
After fruitless negotiations with Deutsche Bahn, train driver’s union GDL announced today it will hold a vote on the previously announced strikes. The vote count is scheduled for August 9, and the union expects a...Read more
Deutsche Bahn will revive 20 lines with a total of 245 kilometres of track. “Every kilometre of track is active climate protection”, says DB Network Board Member Jens Bergmann. On Tuesday, 22 June, Deutsche Bahn...Read more
Deutsche Bahn will reduce its climate impact faster than initially planned. CEO Richard Lutz announced on Wednesday that the previous target of being climate neutral is moved forward by ten years – from 2050 to...Read more
A new attempt to resolve the collective bargaining conflict between Deutsche Bahn and the train drivers’ union GDL failed on Monday in the fourth collective bargaining round. The negotiations have hardened, and there are said...Read more
Germany has proposed to continue the reduction of track access charges until the end of 2021. Interestingly, the charges will almost be nullified; from the current 50 per cent reduction it wants to move to...Read more
The route for the new German-Austrian railway line from the north to the Brenner Base Tunnel (currently in construction) has been decided. Of the five possible routes, the so-called ‘purple variant’, which consists of around...Read more
Rail freight operator DB Cargo was hit hard by the corona crisis in 2020. The company saw its losses more than double. With an increase of 136 per cent, the figures went down to minus...Read more
Rail freight industry players held the first ever demonstration on rails in Berlin yesterday, 28 September. They demonstrated against the state aid of the German government for Deutsche Bahn. Organised by the Network of European...Read more
The German government, Deutsche Bahn and a railway union have agreed to cooperate in order to support the rail freight industry. The partners announced an “Alliance for our Railway”.Read more
The German federal government and Deutsche Bahn are working on a financial support package of approximately 8 billion euros. The German state-owned railway company expects to lose between 11 and 13.5 billion euros in revenues...Read more
In many cases, new developments in the international rail sector only come about once Germany has got involved, says rail expert Ad Toet. The announcement of an enormous investment in the German rail infrastructure, and...Read more
Many European governments see rail as a way to reach climate goals and handle congestion. Deutsche Bahn for instance is investing 86 billion Euro’s in the next ten years to modernise its rail infrastructure. The...Read more
The project on Germany’s largest tunnel, the Offenburg Tunnel, has entered a new phase. Deutsche Bahn has invited the public to three information sessions, in which it will outline its plans for the construction of...Read more
An amount of 12.2 billion euros will be invested by Deutsche Bahn (DB) in the modernisation of its infrastructure this year. This record amount will be allocated to the start of 18 new projects and...Read more
The rail freight traffic between China and Europe is growing year by year. The logistics companies compete for every customer and every container. Therefore, they are constantly improving their service. What measures are they doing...Read more
Deutsche Bahn must be transformed into a state-owned GmbH, so that the German government is able to sufficiently influence corporate governance. Only then will the transformation of the state-owned rail company be success. That says...Read more
