German rail expansion plan not ready by 2030, ‘could take 50 years’
The German rail industry is quite upset with recent comments made by representatives of the Federal Government regarding the Deutschlandtakt and its timetable, which will synchronise both long-distance, regional train traffic and freight. The German...Read more
Rail before road in new German government plans
The new German coalition will invest ‘considerably more in the railways than in the roads’. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, which include plans to lower infrastructure...Read more
FlixTrain criticises Deutschlandtakt: ‘nobody wants a twenty-minute train’
According to FlixTrain director André Schwämmlein, it is completely unnecessary to run a train every twenty minutes on long-distance routes, as the German government and DB advocate. The supply should be densified at the times...Read more
Deutschlandtakt: when Germany wants to synchronise all its trains
Germany has a major project for the full clockface timetable of all passenger trains. The aim would be to synchronise both long-distance and regional traffic, which is not always the case today.Read more
Monopoly commission: separate Deutsche Bahn’s infrastructure from operation
The current structure of Deutsche Bahn group is not appropriate for the planned increase of capital with 7.5 billion in favour of DB, says the German monopolies commission. It cannot be guaranteed that this will...Read more
Germany accelerates rail digitalisation with 500 million euros
The German federal government, Deutsche Bahn and the industry will jointly accelerate the digitalisation of the rail network in 2021. Seven regional routes will be equipped with digital interlocking this year with 500 million euros...Read more