Rail freight in Germany was severely disrupted after an overhead line failure in the evening hours of 31 March. Traffic was said to have started…
Last week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against Germany’s existing track access charge (TAC) system. Berlin finds itself forced to rethink its approach…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled against the German cap on track access charges (TAC) for local passenger traffic. Since 2016, rail freight…
The railway between Regensburg and Nuremberg, a key section of the Rhine-Danube TEN-T corridor, will be closed for five months for infrastructure upgrades. Due to…
The BVWP 2030 programme, launched nine years ago by the German government has overwhelmingly underdelivered, according to sector association Die Güterbahnen. “So far, a mere…
On 14 December, track access charges (TACs) in Germany will increase. The initial forecast was that they would grow by 35%, but the country has…
On Monday 22 September, German transport minister Patrick Schnieder presented a long-awaited strategy for the country’s troubled rail sector. The strategy touched upon many issues,…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO will not keep promises made earlier regarding construction work on mainline tracks. The IM would not conduct any…
The new German government has approved its first budget. For rail freight, the key question on the table were subsidies for track access charges (TAC).…
Richard Lutz, the head of Germany’s national rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), will soon leave his post. The German transport ministry on 14 August announced…
The renovation of the Berlin-Hamburg main line started at the beginning of August and will keep the section closed for the next nine months, significantly…
Germany is working on a major overhaul of its rail network, the so-called “Generalsanierung”. Its third modernisation project is due to start tomorrow, 1 August,…