The recently-inaugurated night trains between the European capitals of Paris, Berlin and Vienna will be suspended for two months for important works, officials have said.
The German Train Driver’s Union (GDL) has declared that it is going to start a round of strikes on Deutsche Bahn services after pay talks with the state-owned company broke down.
German prosecutors said Saturday police had arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of loosening the bolts on a stretch of the busy high-speed rail line between western cities Cologne and Frankfurt.
A debate about Cologne's future has been sparked after a proposal was lodged to move the Hauptbahnhof underground. But with Germany's questionable track record on public infrastructure projects, is this viable?
To the rest of the world, Germans have a reputation for being punctual. But when it comes to the country's rail system, passengers experience shocking delays. Here's why.
Germany’s biggest rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) paid out €53.6 million in compensation to customers last year, according to a DB spokeswoman – a huge increase from the €34.6 million that was reimbursed to passengers in 2017, or double that of the previous year.
Train passengers may be faced with further disruption following Monday’s nationwide strike by railway workers which plunged Germany’s public transport network into chaos.
A railway workers’ strike that caused chaos on public transport across Germany has ended, but passengers should expect disrupted services all day, especially if they’re travelling long distances, rail bosses warned.
With the goal of helping suburban trains in Stuttgart to run on time more often, Deutsche Bahn (DB) on Monday introduced a platform with colourful flashing lights at one of its S-Bahn stations.
Thousands of passengers were left stranded when rail services were cancelled in storms last month. Instead of taking the blame, Deutsche Bahn (DB) used fake climate science to plead helplessness, German media reported on Thursday.
Shortly after 5am on Monday morning the first direct train to Berlin left Hamburg-Altona station. But people travelling the other way still have to deal with delays.
International freight and passenger services have been delayed for several weeks, at an estimated cost of €100 million to rail companies. The line is set to reopen on Monday, but the repercussions will be severe.
One of the greatest things about living in Germany is getting to use its first-class rail service. But how many of these curious facts were you aware of?
Stuttgart's ambitious S21 rail project has suffered from delays, spiralling costs and almost constant protests from the start. But one of the reasons behind the set-backs is much smaller (and scalier) than you'd expect.
Police are investigating whether there is an extremist motive behind 13 arson attacks on rail services, which led to delays across the country on Monday morning.
German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it planned to significantly step up cargo transport to China following a record year, using the world's longest train line in a modern-day revival of the Silk Road route.
It has been 25 years in the making, but on Wednesday the rail line that is set to mark a new era for travel between Germany's capital and its economic powerhouse went live.
German prosecutors said on Monday they had brought charges against a rail dispatcher accused of causing a train crash in February that killed 12 while playing a mobile phone game on duty.
