Tag: Bahn
In 2023, Bahn will be back deep in the red – 40 billion euros in debt
Deutsche Bahn The state-owned company has billions in debt. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin After a brief recovery in 2022, Deutsche Bahn expects to be back in the red again this…
Auditors advise breaking up Deutsche Bahn AG
Volker Wissing The Federal Transport Minister at the presentation of new ICE trains. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin With drastic words, the President of the Federal Court of Auditors, Kay Scheller, calls…
Bahn submits first offer – negotiations adjourned to Wednesday
Berlin In the collective bargaining at Deutsche Bahn, the group presented a first offer on Tuesday evening. The railway and transport union (EVG) now wants to examine this and submit…
Bahn submits first offer – negotiations adjourned to Wednesday
Berlin In the collective bargaining at Deutsche Bahn, the group presented a first offer on Tuesday evening. The railway and transport union (EVG) now wants to examine this and submit…
Deutsche Bahn boss Lutz invites you to slack off
DB CEO Richard Lutz Economic operation only plays a “subordinate role” for the railway boss. (Photo: dpa) As head of group controlling, today’s head of rail, Richard Lutz, made a…
Olaf Scholz earns less than Bahn boss Richard Lutz
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) Berlin The Federal Chancellor earns less than many heads of state-owned companies and institutions. This emerges from a list from the Federal Ministry of Finance,…
Is the industry falling into the Deutsche Bahn trap?
The author Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. The warnings in the past few months could hardly have been more alarming: “It’s burning like hell,” said BDI President Siegfried…
He can – and Deutsche Bahn is working on it
ICE 3 neo The new ICE 3 neo express train is a prestige project for Deutsche Bahn and an important building block in the federal government’s plan to double the…
Deutsche Bahn: Code word “Infra-Go” – Dispute over leadership of the major project
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing The FDP politician – here presenting a hydrogen train – has made Deutsche Bahn a top priority and wants more action on the subject of…
Deutsche Bahn stops long-distance traffic in northern Germany after a defect
Berlin According to Deutsche Bahn, a technical fault in northern Germany is currently leading to a complete standstill in train traffic. All ICE, IC and EC trains in northern Germany…
Deutsche Bahn stops long-distance traffic in northern Germany after a defect
Berlin According to Deutsche Bahn, a technical fault in northern Germany is currently leading to a complete standstill in long-distance traffic. All ICE, IC and EC trains in northern Germany…
Three reasons why Deutsche Bahn is so unpunctual
Dusseldorf The ICE 952 to Cologne is delayed by 40 minutes, the ICE 714 to Hamburg-Altona by 50 minutes and the ICE 951 to Berlin is even canceled completely. Almost…
Deutsche Bahn: Independent quality controls required
train delays In long-distance traffic, 56.8 percent of trains were on time in August. The rate remained below 60 percent for the third month in a row, (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Schenker is apparently to be sold
DB Schenker The logistics company could be separated from Deutsche Bahn. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to insiders, after a long struggle, the federal government has decided to sell the international…
More complaints about Deutsche Bahn train delays
That was about 50 percent more than in the same period last year (1,653 applications), the facility said at the request of the Handelsblatt. Most complaints concern train delays and…
Bahn fails as a savior against delivery bottlenecks
Low water on the Middle Rhine Because of the low water levels on the rivers, transport capacities are becoming scarce. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Germany’s freight rail logisticians currently see little…
Rail cartel: Deutsche Bahn suffers defeat in court
Deutsche Bahn tracks The rail cartel has agreed on prices for many years in the past. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Deutsche Bahn suffered a bitter defeat in its trials against the…
Sollte das Neun-Euro-Ticket verlängert werden?
Reiselust Das Neun-Euro-Ticket hat für volle Züge gesorgt. (Foto: dpa) Das Neun-Euro-Ticket habe ihn „wieder zum Bus- und Bahnfahrer werden lassen“, schreibt ein Leser und gehört damit zu den zahlreichen Verfechtern…
Bahn subsidiary Schenker brings the group into the profit zone
freight train Only a billion profit from the logistics subsidiary Schenker brings Deutsche Bahn into the black. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt A billion-dollar profit by the rail logistics subsidiary Schenker has…
Deutsche Bahn stops criticized sale of station buildings
Train station in Frankfurt Deutsche Bahn has sold many train stations in recent years. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) Frankfurt Deutsche Bahn is stopping the sale of its own station building,…