Overview

• The state-owned operator narrowed its H1/2025 loss to €760 million after taxes, down from €1.6 billion a year earlier, while revenue rose 3.4 percent to €13.3 billion.
• A nine-month full closure of the Hamburg–Berlin corridor began August 1 as part of the ongoing track modernisation drive scheduled through 2027.
• DB Cargo, the freight arm, plans to cut several thousand positions by end-2026 in a bid to return to profitability under EU pressure or face possible breakup.
• A suspected sabotage fire in a cable tunnel between Duisburg and Düsseldorf has halted regional and long-distance services and prompted state security investigations.
• Punctuality remains well below targets, with just 57.1 percent of long-distance stops on time in June, missing the 65 to 70 percent goal.