Tag: Transit traffic
Board examines cuts in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Board examines clearcutting in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
The federal government and the railways are expecting disaster from Brussels
Freight wagons from DB Cargo Deutsche Bahn rejects accusations from Brussels that it received subsidies that distorted competition. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government fears trouble from Brussels. According to…
Wissing shies away from fact checking when it comes to climate protection
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister recently announced that the climate targets in the transport sector would be easy to meet. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Just a few days ago,…
Rail freight companies rebel against Transport Minister Wissing
Freight train near Stuttgart Transport Minister Wissing expects more freight trains, but calculates without new routes, criticizing the railway companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin. The rail freight companies in Germany…
Associations are looking for a middle ground in transport policy
Freeway The federal government wants to draw up a federal transport route and mobility plan in the future. (Photo: dpa) Berlin When the Federal Ministry of Transport invites you to…
Wissing relies on new truck drives instead of trains
coal train Because less oil and coal will be driven through Germany in the future, fewer heavy freight trains will be on the road, the Ministry of Transport expects. (Photo:…
Traffic light agrees on climate and transport package
Lars Klingbeil (right), Christian Lindner and Ricarda Lang The party leaders of the SPD, FDP and Greens appeared before the press on Tuesday evening. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light…
Traffic light coalition wants more money for the train and truck toll should be increased
Lars Klingbeil (right), Christian Lindner and Ricarda Lang The party leaders of the SPD, FDP and Greens appeared before the press on Tuesday evening. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light…
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…
Wissing’s experts assume a car toll and an end to combustion engines in their forecast
Transport Minister Volker Wissing For months, the FDP man has been exchanging blows with the Greens on the question of how Germany should be mobile in the future without emitting…
Inland shipping is crucial for climate neutrality
The author Steffen Bauer is CEO of HGK Shipping GmbH. (Photo: Imago, private) “The path to the future can only succeed with a modern infrastructure” was the title of the…
The climate toll only comes with enough eco-trucks
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing only wants to demand an additional climate toll from the transport industry for every kilometer driven on motorways and federal highways if there are…
Economy is looking for a connection to the railways
Berlin Companies increasingly want to reconnect their production sites to the rail network. This emerges from a response from the federal government to a question from the rail policy spokesman…
Two billion euros more for electricity
Bahn boss Richard Lutz New challenges are coming to the top railroader: Energy prices are rising so much that the state-owned company will probably have to pay twice as much…
Two billion euros more for electricity
Bahn boss Richard Lutz New challenges are coming to the top railroader: Energy prices are rising so much that the state-owned company will probably have to pay twice as much…
Energy Securing Transport Ordinance – Trains canceled without notice
freight transport Energy sources should be given priority. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics and Transport have agreed on an ordinance that will allow important transports…
Federal government pushes Getreidebrücke forward with guarantees and subsidies
Berlin The German agricultural traders are calling for concerted action by politicians and business to organize grain exports from the Ukraine at the beginning of the harvest season and to…
Industry expects damage in the billions
Dusseldorf A train passenger usually needs less than five hours from the Dutch border in Venlo to Kehl am Rhein, despite having to change trains three times. Rail transport companies…
Volker Wissing’s climate plan: train journey instead of short-haul flight
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use grants and other investments to strengthen the role of the railways in transport and thus increase their contribution to climate…