DB InfraGO has announced that it will spend an additional €4bn in the state of Bavaria next year, financed by the dedicated fund for infrastructure that was recently created by the federal government.
Under its ongoing major upgrade programme, the German infrastructure manager will use the additional funding to renew 500km of track and over 200 switches. Work will be undertaken on the Munich S-Bahn, where additional renewals are planned on lines S2, S4, and S7, and on the Allgäu network connecting Lindau with Augsburg, Nuremberg, Munich, and Ulm.
“DB InfraGO is investing an additional 10% in Bavaria for this work,” says DB InfraGO CEO, Dr Philipp Nagl.
“Together with the general renovation and the new construction and expansion programme for lines and stations, this will result in over €4bn flowing into Bavaria's rail infrastructure in 2026.”
“It's good news that DB is investing more money in the Bavarian rail network,” says Bavaria’s minister for housing, construction and transport, Christian Bernreiter. “It's also desperately needed.”
“It will be crucial that the focus isn't just on high-capacity corridors,” Bernreiter says. “Equally important is progress on well-advanced projects such as the electrification of the Franconia - Saxony main line and, in general, on branch lines in rural areas.”
DB InfraGO says that the 2026 projects will follow work already undertaken this year on the Werdenfels network and in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria.
