Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group recently launched two new connections from Munich, in southern Germany, and from Tekirdag, in northwestern Turkey. The centre of this initiative is Curtici, in western Romania, as the two new services are Munich-Curtici and Curtici-Tekirdag. In other words, Curtici becomes the RCG gateway to connect Turkey and Germany.…
Category: Germany
Rail industry lambasts DB’s largest ever track price increase programme
Deutsche Bahn’s intention to raise rail route prices in Germany has been faced with strong criticism. The planned increase would take effect from next year. It would be the largest price increase ever. Industry representatives like the German private rail association Die Güterbahnen have strongly denounced the plans. The German Bundesnetzagentur has approved the application…
DB and GDL strike deal for collective bargaining agreement
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL) finally sealed the deal on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The CBA will be retroactively implemented from 1 November 2023 and will last until 31 December 2025. One of the main bones of contention between GDL and DB is that the union wanted to…
DB Cargo misses financial targets, volumes and performance drop
In a “negative as expected” year, Deutsche Bahn’s financial performance was again in the red. Losses were not avoided in 2023, and the Group’s freight subsidiary DB Cargo was no exception. The state-owned freight carrier did not meet the target of closing 2023 with a loss of 225 million euros. Instead, the company reported EBIT…