Patrick Schnieder, Germany’s minister of transport, has presented Berlin’s new and long-awaited rail strategy. Alongside personnel changes at the very top, Germany has proposed a…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO will not keep promises made earlier regarding construction work on mainline tracks. The IM would not conduct any…
The new German government has approved its first budget. For rail freight, the key question on the table were subsidies for track access charges (TAC).…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO is introducing a trial for paperless dispatch commands in 2026. It developed a web application for faster commands…
The renovation of the Berlin-Hamburg main line started at the beginning of August and will keep the section closed for the next nine months, significantly…
Germany is working on a major overhaul of its rail network, the so-called “Generalsanierung”. Its third modernisation project is due to start tomorrow, 1 August,…
Germany is currently undergoing a massive modernisation of its rail infrastructure, a long-overdue initiative which will see over 4,000 kilometres of lines being renovated along…
The Generalsanierung, Germany’s large-scale rail overhaul project, will likely take many years longer than first anticipated. DB InfraGO has reportedly informed transport companies that it…
With massive rail investments incoming, there is a greater need for transparency. That is the view of the German Monopolies Commission, an advisory body to…