Deutsche Bahn Struggles With Punctuality: February Performance Matches Last Year

Extensive construction and a fatal accident contributed to ongoing delays in the German railway's long-distance services.

Only 66.3% of Deutsche Bahn's long-distance trains in February 2025 arrived on time, mirroring the same low punctuality rate as February 2024.
A train accident in Hamburg's Rönneburg district on February 11, where an ICE collided with a truck on a crossing, significantly disrupted the network and resulted in one fatality.
Construction work across the rail network continues to be a major factor in delays, highlighting the challenges posed by the system's aging infrastructure.
Passenger punctuality, which measures timely arrivals including transfers, fell slightly to 71.7% compared to 72.1% in February of the previous year.
Deutsche Bahn plans to modernize over 40 heavily used rail corridors by 2027, starting with a nine-month closure of the Hamburg-Berlin route beginning in August 2025.