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Deutsche Bahn Long-Distance Punctuality Falls to 55.3% in September

Officials now deem the 2025 on-time goal out of reach after months of decline.

Wartende Menschenmassen auf einem Bahnsteig des Berliner Hauptbahnhofs
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Die Pünktlichkeit im Fernverkehr der Deutschen Bahn hat im September einen neuen Tiefpunkt erreicht. Nur 55,3 Prozent der Züge hatten weniger als sechs Minuten Verspätung, wie die Bahn am Donnerstag mitteilte.
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Overview

  • Long-distance performance has stayed below 60% since June after a first-half reading of 63.4%, marking a continued slide from 2024 levels.
  • Regional services also weakened in September, with punctuality dropping to 87.2% from 89.2% in August.
  • Deutsche Bahn attributes the poor results to extensive construction works as well as vandalism and suspected sabotage.
  • Police are investigating destroyed cables on the Cologne–Düsseldorf corridor and a suspected arson attack on a switching cabinet near Hanover that disrupted traffic toward Berlin.
  • Leadership and policy shifts followed the slump, with former CEO Richard Lutz dismissed and Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder scrapping interim targets while projecting at least 70% long-distance punctuality from 2029.