Tag: passenger traffic
Deutsche Bahn is pinning all hopes on a new train
ICE 3neo in the long-distance train station at Frankfurt Airport “If the train doesn’t come on time, it’s not because of this train,” promises DB long-distance transport director Michael Peterson.…
Six reasons why Austria is so successful with its night trains
Arrival of the ÖBB Nightjet Currently, 38 ÖBB Nightjets connect many attractive cities in Central Europe overnight. In the center is the Vienna hub. (Photo: imago images / Rüdiger Wölk)…
Railway operations started largely according to plan after the warning strike was canceled
Travelers on the platform The railway union EVG had surprisingly canceled the planned strike on Saturday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After the cancellation of the two-day warning strike, the trains ran…
A third of long-distance trains are canceled on Monday
Central Station in Hamburg The railway and the union EVG were able to agree on a comparison. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The planned 50-hour warning strike on the railways has surprisingly…
Warning strike on the railways averted for the time being
Deutsche Bahn The railway and the union EVG were able to agree on a comparison. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The 50-hour warning strike on the railways has been canceled at short…
Bahn wants to prevent warning strike with urgent application to the court
Deutsche Bahn passenger trains are on sidings The EVG asks the industry for 650 euros more per month or 12 percent for the upper income with a term of 12…
EVG ultimatum in Deutsche Bahn wage conflict has expired
ECG Overall, the EVG is negotiating for 180,000 employees at DB and another 50,000 at other railway companies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The railway and transport union EVG is sticking to…
Deutsche Bahn stops long-distance traffic completely for two days
S-Bahn in Stuttgart Uncertain times are again approaching Deutsche Bahn passengers. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Dusseldorf With a nationwide warning strike, the railway and transport union (EVG) wants to paralyze rail…
EVG announces new rail strike from Sunday to Tuesday
S-Bahn in Stuttgart Uncertain times are again approaching Deutsche Bahn passengers. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Dusseldorf With a nationwide warning strike, the railway and transport union (EVG) wants to paralyze rail…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
Union EVG threatens the railway with weeks of strikes
Cologne Central Station during a strike The EVG had already twice called for strikes in the collective bargaining dispute. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Berlin According to a media report, the railway union…
EVG largely paralyzes traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
EVG strike largely paralyzes rail traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
Private railways are on strike by DB
Private regional train ODEG in Wismar The railway company is indirectly affected by the strike. (Photo: IMAGO/Stefan Zeitz) Dusseldorf The strike in long-distance rail transport announced for next Monday brings…
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…
Airlines and rail: Massive increase in complaints
Board at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Thousands of connections had to be canceled last year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Complaints from consumers about airlines and Deutsche Bahn have increased massively in 2022. This…
The EVG railway union is demanding twelve percent more wages – and expects strikes
Deutsche Bahn The first strikes on the railways could be imminent as early as March. (Photo: dpa) Fulda The railway and transport union (EVG) is demanding twelve percent more wages…
More frequent, safer, more economical – subways are being automated
Munich Around 96,000 train and bus drivers work in local public transport in Germany – but almost half of them will retire in the next few years. Around 40,000 jobs…
Night trains for business travellers: Wissing examines potential
Berlin The Federal Ministry of Transport wants to examine the potential of night trains in Germany with a report. The aim is “to make a holistic ecological and societal comparison…