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July 8, 2026 | Financial

Mixed messages for rail in German budget

Extra funding for some projects but freight track access charge relief cut.

March 24, 2026 | Policy

ECJ rules on German track access charges

Court finds that track access charge cap is incompatible with EU law.

November 4, 2025 | Financial

German U-turn on track access subsidy

Transport ministry may withhold subsidy agreed for long-distance passenger services in 2025.

August 22, 2025 | Infrastructure

Loss of Russian transit traffic hits Estonian Railways

Infrastructure manager expected to remain loss-making until at least 2030.

August 8, 2025 | Financial

German track access charge reduction possible

Draft bill proposes halving interest rates paid by infrastructure manager DB InfraGO, potentially enabling a cut in track access charges.

August 28, 2024 | Freight

Network Rail offers freight track access charge discount

Charges waived in full for six months to encourage new traffic.

July 2, 2024 | Financial

German operators hit out at track access charge increase

Passenger and freight operators warn of service reductions if charges are not reconsidered.

April 2, 2024 | Financial

Sharp rise in German track access charges

Consternation among rail industry bodies as Federal Transport Agency agrees to increases of up to 17.7% in 2025.

September 12, 2022 | Passenger

Booming traffic and fragile infrastructure pose challenges for Germany’s passenger operators

The German government’s 9-euro ticket initiative has prompted passengers to return to the rails in huge numbers after the Covid-19 pandemic, at a time when operators are trying to manage the impact of a major infrastructure renewal programme. Robert Preston reports.

January 26, 2022 | Europe

Collaboration needed to fix long-distance passenger rail

Policymakers hope rail can play a major role in making short to medium distance passenger travel in Europe sustainable. Yet the sector is facing many challenges and there are differing views on how these issues should be solved, as David Burroughs explains.

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