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Welcome to Berlin. Rail freight has now fallen four years in a row.

A shunter on a covered steel wagon. DB Cargo is cutting 6,200 jobs as EU rail freight falls for a fourth year. Photo: Christoph Kirschning, DB Cargo AG.

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Friday Brief: DB Cargo will miss EU deadline to stop losing money

DB Cargo will miss EU deadline to stop losing money

Photo: Volker Emersleben, Deutsche Bahn AG.

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DB Cargo will miss EU deadline to stop losing money

Late shift at Halle (Saale), a hub for DB Cargo’s single-wagon traffic, the business the restructuring must make viable. Photo: Volker Emersleben, Deutsche Bahn AG.

GERMANY: DB Cargo expects to post a loss in 2026, the year its EU-approved...

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Andreas Matthä has led ÖBB since 2016. The group is now seeking his successor and adding a COO to its holding board. Photo: ÖBB / BMIMI/Holzer.

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Workers at a new steel bridge on the Brașov–Sighișoara line, where a EUR 630m EIB loan now backs an upgrade under way since 2020. Photo: Euroconstruct.

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