Alstom has received an order to provide DB Regio AG with 18 modern Coradia Max electric multiple-unit trains. This order, consisting of 9 three-car and 9 five-car trains, is part of the ongoing effort to...Read more
German Union EGV has called for a new railway strike, the third in quick succession, in its ongoing conflict with Deutsche Bahn (DB). In a bid to increase the pressure on the operator, the strike...Read more
Retail and tourism group REWE will offer its 150,000 employees the new Deutschland ticket for their public transport needs, Deutsche Bahn announced on Wednesday. REWE is the first corporate client to make use of the...Read more
A German intercity train hit several people on Thursday morning, leaving two dead and several others injured. The fatal victims are track workers, according to preliminary findings by local policy. The incident happened near Cologne.Read more
German regional trains resumed services at the end of Friday morning following a nationwide strike. The strike was called by union EVG earlier this week for the period after midnight until 11:00 in the morning....Read more
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will reopen a section of the Eifel line in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday, where in the summer of 2021 massive flooding wreaked havoc on the regional rail infrastructure. DB...Read more
The 49-euro Deutschland ticket granting access to virtually all forms of public transport for a month has sold 250.000 times via Deutsche Bahn alone in the first three days, the German Federal Ministry of Transport...Read more
The German new flat-fee public transport ticket is on sale since this Monday. The Deutschland ticket costs 49 euros per month and can be used in regional trains, commuter trains and other forms of local...Read more
The long-awaited 49-euro Deutschland-ticket will be available for purchase from 3 April 2023 on, in preparation for its launch, scheduled for 1 May 2023. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlin’s main public transport company has an additional...Read more
The new ‘Deutschlandticket’, a flat-fee public transport card for regional trains and other forms of public transport, will be valid from May 1 onwards. Federal and local authorities have ironed out the final details of...Read more
National Express Group’s German entity will operate two railway lines in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the next 10 years, the UK-based transport provider announced on Monday. The contract carries a value of...Read more
State transport ministers in Germany have agreed that the Deutschland ticket, the successor of the successful 9-euro ticket, should be ready no later than April 1 2023. While positive news for most, it means a...Read more
The German federal government and the federal states have reached an agreement on the outstanding financing issues for the so-called Deutschland ticket, the successor of the widely popular 9-euro ticket. The federal government seated in...Read more
The 3 billion euros allocated by the German federal government and the federal states for the introduction of the so-called Deutschlandticket, the successor of the immensely popular 9-euro ticket, might not nearly be enough to...Read more
The German federal government will launch a new flat-fee public transport ticket as part of a major new relief package aimed at cushioning the effects of rising inflation and energy costs, which was announced over...Read more