DB to invest record amount in new trains and locomotives

2022, DB/Olivier Lang

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has earmarked a record sum of more than 19 billion euros for investment in new trains and locomotives in the current decade. According to DB, it marks the largest fleet modernisation programme in the company’s history.

“With the record sum of more than 19 billion euros, we are building the capacity for even higher demand. Modern vehicles not only make the railways more climate-friendly, but also more reliable and customer-friendly”, DB CEO Richard Lutz said at the announcement at InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin.

From 2023 onwards, DB will add three new ICE trains every month, for an expected total of some 450 trains by 2030. One of the new additions will be the low-floor ICE-L, which was presented last week. DB will begin adding the first of 23 train sets to the fleet in the autumn of 2024.

ICE trains moved 59,1 million passengers in the first six months, an increase of 117 percent over last year. DB Regio recorded a 60-percent jump in passenger numbers to around 725 million. Ongoing construction and maintenance work, however, is struggling to keep up, with a drop in punctuality as a result. DB’s long-distance ICE trains were particularly affected, as only 69,6 percent of trains were on time in the first half of this year. In the same period last year, that figure stood at 79,5 percent.

Another new addition to the fleet highlighted at InnoTrans is the new so-called Cargo Dual-Power locomotive, which – when running on non-electrified lines – can switch to biofuel operation. The Cargo-Zweikraft-Lok, as the Germans call it, can be utilised on long distances or for shunting.

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Author: Nick Augusteijn

Former Chief Editor of RailTech.com

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bönström bönström|22.09.22|15:45

DB Problem, however: capacity at and utilisation of infrastructure…
As all IM:s, globally, now basic, rail, by far is most frequent single cause of derailments. (Squats and cracks call for added “maintenance”, for covering up of Symptome.)
Root, “Elephant in Room”, duly is for attending. Technicalities, optimal at time for shift from steam, no longer are sustainable.
A New Old Railway now is needed!

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DB to invest record amount in new trains and locomotives

2022, DB/Olivier Lang

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has earmarked a record sum of more than 19 billion euros for investment in new trains and locomotives in the current decade. According to DB, it marks the largest fleet modernisation programme in the company’s history.

“With the record sum of more than 19 billion euros, we are building the capacity for even higher demand. Modern vehicles not only make the railways more climate-friendly, but also more reliable and customer-friendly”, DB CEO Richard Lutz said at the announcement at InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin.

From 2023 onwards, DB will add three new ICE trains every month, for an expected total of some 450 trains by 2030. One of the new additions will be the low-floor ICE-L, which was presented last week. DB will begin adding the first of 23 train sets to the fleet in the autumn of 2024.

ICE trains moved 59,1 million passengers in the first six months, an increase of 117 percent over last year. DB Regio recorded a 60-percent jump in passenger numbers to around 725 million. Ongoing construction and maintenance work, however, is struggling to keep up, with a drop in punctuality as a result. DB’s long-distance ICE trains were particularly affected, as only 69,6 percent of trains were on time in the first half of this year. In the same period last year, that figure stood at 79,5 percent.

Another new addition to the fleet highlighted at InnoTrans is the new so-called Cargo Dual-Power locomotive, which – when running on non-electrified lines – can switch to biofuel operation. The Cargo-Zweikraft-Lok, as the Germans call it, can be utilised on long distances or for shunting.

Further reading:

Author: Nick Augusteijn

Former Chief Editor of RailTech.com

1 comment op “DB to invest record amount in new trains and locomotives”

bönström bönström|22.09.22|15:45

DB Problem, however: capacity at and utilisation of infrastructure…
As all IM:s, globally, now basic, rail, by far is most frequent single cause of derailments. (Squats and cracks call for added “maintenance”, for covering up of Symptome.)
Root, “Elephant in Room”, duly is for attending. Technicalities, optimal at time for shift from steam, no longer are sustainable.
A New Old Railway now is needed!

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