Deutsche Bahn is widening staff safety measures about seven months after train attendant Serkan Çalar was fatally attacked on a regional train, with a bodycam audio test from 5 October.
GERMANY: DB Cargo has outlined capacity for up to 900 wagons as record-low Rhine levels severely restrict chemical and steel shipments by barge through western Germany.
UK: Deutsche Bahn has launched the DB Cargo UK sale, putting one of Britain's largest rail freight operators on the market despite sharply improved financial results.
GERMANY: Transport Minister Steffen Bilger had to move to another railcar after the air-conditioning failed in second class on an ICE from Berlin to Hamburg during his first rail-focused official trip.
GERMANY: Three Siemens Mireo Plus H hydrogen trains are undergoing testing and crew training before entering regular passenger service on Südostbayernbahn’s Mühldorf–Burghausen route at the December 2026 timetable change.
GERMANY: DB Regio has fully integrated Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland from 1 August 2026, transferring its regional rail contracts and workforce while keeping timetables and passenger services unchanged.
GERMANY: DB InfraGO will waive selected track cancellation charges when operators reduce passenger or freight services during extreme heat, creating more flexibility to stabilize the national rail network.
German freight track access charges will fall by 12% under a revised 2026 pricing system that shifts about EUR 400m of network costs back to regional passenger services.
The Deutsche Bahn alcohol ban will expand from about 30 stations to all 5,400 locations the company manages across Germany by 15 October 2026.
The Berlin S-Bahn Contract will deliver 350 four-car trains, long-term maintenance and continued operations across the Stadtbahn and North–South subnetworks under a legally binding award announced in July 2026.
The Troisdorf – Wiesbaden corridor renovation will close the railway line completely from 10 July to 12 December 2026. Long-distance trains will be diverted around the affected section, while regional passengers will use an extensive network of replacement buses to complete their journeys.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will invest an additional EUR 50 million in its “Better Communication with Passengers” program by the end of 2027 to improve passenger information.
