Overview
- The Bavarian rail authority’s new annual review reports 87.9% on-time arrivals in 2025 versus 87.0% in 2024, with the share of canceled trains easing to 8.4% from 9.7%.
- BEG says 47.8% of delays came from faulty signals, switches, tracks and level crossings, with nearly two thirds of cancellations caused by construction and maintenance work.
- Performance differed by route, with the S3 to Holzkirchen the best at 93.7% punctuality and the S4 to Geltendorf the weakest at 83.4%.
- Reliability improved through late spring, peaking in May near 94.5%, then slumped in the second half to about 80% in October even after new electronic signaling at Munich Ostbahnhof started service.
- Bavarian transport minister Christian Bernreiter called the uptick insufficient and said incoming boss Matthias Glaub faces a Herculean task, while BEG attributed only about 6% of delays to operator DB Regio.