Overview

• Deutsche Bahn posted a €760 million loss in H1 2025, down from €1.6 billion a year earlier, as revenue climbed 3.4 percent to €13.3 billion
• The operator’s price-adjusted EBIT loss narrowed to €239 million amid efforts to stabilize operations under its three-pronged Sanierungsprogramm
• A nine-month closure of the Berlin–Hamburg main line began on August 1 as the first major test of the Sanierungsprogramm’s corridor modernization strategy
• Punctuality in June remained at 57.1 percent, below the 65–70 percent annual target, with Deutsche Bahn attributing delays to its ageing track network
• In mid-July the company extended renovations on over 40 high-traffic routes to 2036, five years longer than planned, citing constrained construction capacity and governance challenges