Tag: Railway lines
Deutsche Bahn takes over local transport in Toronto
Frankfurt From 2025, Deutsche Bahn will take over the operation and maintenance of regional rail passenger transport in the Canadian metropolis of Toronto and the surrounding area for 25 years…
Vodafone wants to close dead spots along the railway lines
passenger with a cell phone Telephoning, surfing or even working is not always possible on a trip. The network often falls away – Deutsche Bahn and Vodafone now want to…
Deutsche Bahn Cargo warns of Easter chaos on the rails
freight train The most important freight transport route in the republic will be closed from Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Even the cargo subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG couldn’t sugarcoat the…
Schenker Ventures finds first investment
The founders of Warehousing1 The logistics service provider has been able to win Schenker Ventures as a new venture capitalist. Pictured: Nico Szeli, Nils Aschmann and Fabian Sedlmayr (from left).…
Loss, permanent construction site, network problems – this is how the state-owned company is going into the future
Frankfurt, Berlin Richard Lutz’s dismay at the events in the Ukraine is evident. “The railways stand for a peaceful, free and democratic Europe,” said the head of Deutsche Bahn on…
Why the German rail network is collapsing
Construction work on the railway line Deutsche Bahn has to invest: with 13.6 billion euros it is more than ever. 1,800 kilometers of track, 2,000 points, 800 stations and 140…
Bahn und Storm: Restrictions until Monday afternoon
Fallen trees in Hamburg The north was particularly hard hit by the storm. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Due to storm damage, rail travelers must continue to expect train cancellations and delays.…
Bahn und Storm: Restrictions until Monday afternoon
Fallen trees in Hamburg The north was particularly hard hit by the storm. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Due to storm damage, rail travelers must continue to expect train cancellations and delays.…
Deutsche Bahn promises bandwidths like at home
The ICE as an office The bandwidth in the long-distance trains of Deutsche Bahn is to be expanded. To do this, the state-owned company wants to modify the windows of…
Freight railways suffer from high electricity costs
Frankfurt Rail freight transport has a growing problem: Electricity prices have risen significantly, but freight railways cannot pass the additional costs on to their customers. “The impact is massive, we…
Deutsche Bahn is making a big move into the transport of batteries
Frankfurt For DB Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, the Automotive Logistic Center right next to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen could be a glimpse of the future. DB…
CVC and Carlyle team up for DB Schenker
Schenker trucks Without the logistics subsidiary’s profits, Deutsche Bahn would lack an important source of income to finance operations. (Photo: Deutsche Bahn AG) Frankfurt, Berlin It could be one of…
DB orders more ICE 3 neo from Siemens
“I am particularly pleased that Deutsche Bahn has given us a follow-up order,” said Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG. The train was developed in record time. “By the end…
Deutsche Bahn was significantly less punctual in 2021 than in 2020
ICE in Frankfurt After a better year 2020, the punctuality of Deutsche Bahn in 2021 fell back to the level of the previous years. (Photo: imago images / Ralph Peters)…
Instead of efficiency, there is a loss of control
Berlin The new traffic light coalition will find it difficult to achieve its ambitious climate goals in the transport sector. Leading transport economists are convinced of this. The reason for…
Wagon rental company VTG is being prepared for sale
VTG wagons VTG is Europe’s largest rail freight car rental company. (Photo: VTG) Frankfurt The Hamburg rail logistics group VTG is again facing a change of owner. US bank Morgan…
Rail bundles freight traffic to and from China in a new company
Freight wagons Traffic between Asia and Europe is currently being handled on ten routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The freight transport subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB Cargo, is bundling transport to…
The sale of DB subsidiary Schenker is getting closer
DB Schenker trucks The sale of the logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn is likely to come back on the agenda. (Photo: DB Systel GmbH) Frankfurt, Berlin At Deutsche Bahn, there…
Freight traffic: permanent congestion on the rails
Berlin, Frankfurt Jes-Christian Hansen, Managing Director of Habema Futtermittel GmbH in Hamburg, has never seen anything like it. The company has been regularly transporting animal feed by train since 2012…
How the industry wants to make the railways fit
Berlin, Frankfurt The warning from Ben Möbius is unmistakable: “If we continue at this slow pace, we will miss the climate targets by a huge amount. Faster – that is…