DB Long Distance Archives - Page 2 of 4 - International Railway Journal

DB Long Distance

August 2, 2022 | Financial

EC approves post-Covid-19 state support for DB

Access charge relief and equity injection measures are found to meet EU state aid rules.

July 29, 2022 | Financial

German Rail says it is “back in the black”

DB has closed the first half of 2022 with an operating profit of €876m after last year’s €1.6bn loss.

June 1, 2022 | Infrastructure

Infrastructure focus for DB CEO

Renewal of the network key to meeting growth targets.

January 3, 2022 | Passenger

Optimism and caution for rail in Germany in 2022

German rail operators face several challenges this year.

August 13, 2021 | Financial

EC approves €550m in state aid for DB Long Distance

The funding will cover losses incurred between March and June 2020.

July 30, 2021 | Financial

DB reports near €1bn operating loss but encouraged as passengers begin to return

Network of European Railways and Mofair question the wider implication of the results and apparent preferential treatment shown to DB by the federal government.

May 14, 2021 | Financial

German government increases pandemic aid for local and regional transport

Another €1bn takes total support for local and regional transport during the pandemic to €7bn.

July 2, 2020 | Fleet

DB introduces shorter, refurbished ICE 1 trains

GERMAN Rail (DB) began use of its 48 newly-refurbished and shortened ICE 1 trains on the Hamburg - Frankfurt route in mid-June. Plans for the €320m refurbishment were announced in 2018 and will enable DB to use the trains for another decade, with the option to refurbish an additional 10 sets.

April 14, 2020 | Europe

Record German long-distance passenger numbers in 2019

A record 151 million passengers used long-distance rail services in Germany during 2019 according to German Federal Statistical Office’s (Destatis) annual report.

October 11, 2019 | High-speed

DB to improve international passenger services

GERMAN Rail (DB) plans to introduce its new ICE 4 high-speed trains on services from northern Germany to Switzerland with the start of the new timetable on December 15.

« Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »

Rail market intelligence to unlock your business potential.

Sign up for the IRJ Rail Brief Newsletter