https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/deutsche bahn/ Deutsche Bahn News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-19T13:36:43+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/air-canada-enhances-its-rail-connections-in-germany/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/air-canada-enhances-its-rail-connections-in-germany/ Air Canada recently announced an extension of its codeshare agreement with Lufthansa to include Lufthansa Express Rail services at Frankfurt Airport, operated by Deutsche Bahn. This agreement enables a seamless, intermodal itinerary booked in one reservation, offering greater flexibility, more choice, and added convenience to connect with Air Canada’s up to five-times daily flights to Frankfurt Airport. The codeshare expansion enhances Air Canada’s international rail and bus intermodal network, which includes intermodal interlining partnerships in seven European countries and South Korea. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:18:59 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/lufthansa-and-deutsche-bahn-announce-record-figures/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/lufthansa-and-deutsche-bahn-announce-record-figures/ Since the beginning of the year, 432,000 travelers have chosen to use Lufthansa Express Rail to and from Frankfurt Airport. This means that the previous year’s result was exceeded by 28 percent in October 2024. By the end of the year, a total of more than 500,000 bookings have been confirmed. Never before in the more than 20-year cooperation between Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have so many travelers opted for the joint offer as in 2024. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:02:35 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-becomes-the-first-intermodal-partner-of-star-alliance/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-becomes-the-first-intermodal-partner-of-star-alliance/ As of August 1, Deutsche Bahn (DB) will be the world’s first Intermodal Partner of Star Alliance. With this, DB and the aviation industry are sending another strong signal for the environment-friendly evolution of the travel industry. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:24:59 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/qatar-airways-launches-deutsche-bahn-codeshare/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/qatar-airways-launches-deutsche-bahn-codeshare/ Qatar Airways has announced a codeshare partnership with Deutsche Bahn, offering travellers seamless connections to and from eight key destinations in Germany. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:22:50 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/teleste-signs-frame-agreement-with-deutsche-bahn/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/teleste-signs-frame-agreement-with-deutsche-bahn/ Teleste Corporation has announced that its subsidiary Teleste Information Solutions has signed a frame agreement with Deutsche Bahn. Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:38:50 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-renews-amadeus-partnership/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-renews-amadeus-partnership/ Deutsche Bahn has renewed its agreement with Amadeus for another three years to grow its online distribution and help it reach travellers beyond Europe, extending the two companies’ 20-year long relationship. With this new agreement OTAs can better serve the leisure traveller worldwide with access to DB’s full range of routes and fares via Amadeus Rail Web Services. Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:37:45 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/focus/article/amadeus-rail-forum-2014-ever-closer-union/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/focus/article/amadeus-rail-forum-2014-ever-closer-union/ European railways are often portrayed as a deeply conservative industry, so far unaffected by the disruptive competition and subsequent consolidation seen in the aviation sector. With national providers apparently safe in domestic markets there seems to be little catalyst for change. But with technology developing rapidly and start-ups taking advantage of European Union liberalisation to launch new routes the old model may well be about to break down. Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole reports from the Amadeus Rail Forum 2014. Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:19:26 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/german-rail-in-joint-venture-with-uae-etihad-rail/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/german-rail-in-joint-venture-with-uae-etihad-rail/ Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has signed a joint venture with DB Schenker Rail, a subsidiary of German-based Deutsche Bahn, to operate and maintain the railway. DB is Europe’s largest railway company, operating passenger and freight services on the approximately 33,500-kilometre German rail network, and maintaining a strong presence in rail operations in various countries across Europe. Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:00:54 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-granted-channel-tunnel-licence/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-granted-channel-tunnel-licence/ After three years of detailed study, the Intergovernmental Commission has granted Deutsche Bahn an operating certificate to run passenger services through the Channel Tunnel. Groupe Eurotunnel believes that this long awaited decision will considerably enhance exchanges between the United Kingdom and northern Europe and will over time add between three and four million new passengers per year to the ten million already using the existing high speed passenger services. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:35:07 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-arriva-launches-transport-operations-in-stockholm-for-94-million-passeng/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-arriva-launches-transport-operations-in-stockholm-for-94-million-passeng/ DB Arriva will provide new regional transport services in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:00:37 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-new-record-set-for-rail-passengers/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-new-record-set-for-rail-passengers/ More and more travelers in Germany are deciding in favor of Deutsche Bahn trains. During the first six months of 2012 the number of passengers (excluding Arriva) rose over the same year-ago figure by almost 40 million to over one billion, or about four percent. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:00:15 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-and-alstom-sign-agreement-for-38-regional-trains-in-germany/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-and-alstom-sign-agreement-for-38-regional-trains-in-germany/ Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) and Alstom Transport have signed a contract worth €160 million for the supply of 38 additional Diesel regional trains Coradia Lint in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg. Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:00:01 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/alstom-to-supply-28-coradia-continental-regional-trains-to-deutsche-bahn/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/alstom-to-supply-28-coradia-continental-regional-trains-to-deutsche-bahn/ Alstom Transport will manufacture 28 Coradia Continental regional trains for the German operator Deutsche Bahn Regio NRW GmbH. The contract is worth approximately €140 million. This is the first stage of the frame contract signed in 2011 with DB Regio for the delivery of up to 400 trains. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:00:02 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/strategic-partnership-between-deutsche-bahn-and-qatar-railways-enters-new-p/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/strategic-partnership-between-deutsche-bahn-and-qatar-railways-enters-new-p/ Contract signing in Doha • Collaboration on the construction of a rail-based transport network progressing well. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:00:11 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-to-launch-channel-tunnel-rail-services/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-to-launch-channel-tunnel-rail-services/ German rail operate Deutsche Bahn has confirmed it will launch services through the Channel Tunnel in 2013. Initially the operator will offer departures between London St Pancras International and Brussels, with a view to expanding to Amsterdam (via Rotterdam), Cologne and Frankfurt. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:08:35 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/belgian-strike-hits-eurostar-services/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/belgian-strike-hits-eurostar-services/ Striking workers in Belgium have seen virtually all Eurostar services to the country cancelled, as industrial action moves into a second day. Also in the Channel Tunnel, Deutsche Bahn has successfully completed its first safety test, sending an ICE3 train from France to London as it seeks to launch a commercial service. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:54:23 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-explores-london-2012-olympics-options/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-explores-london-2012-olympics-options/ Deutsche Bahn is considering running trains to London ahead of the Olympic Games in 2012. The news comes as the German rail operator begins a series of safety tests designed to break the French monopoly on the rolling stock used in the Channel Tunnel. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:06:12 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/alstom-attacks-eurostar-siemens-purchase/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/alstom-attacks-eurostar-siemens-purchase/ Train manufacturer Alstom has criticised a Eurostar decision to purchase trains from rival Siemens, suggesting safety in the Channel Tunnel could be jeopardized. Eurostar yesterday confirmed it would invest £700 million in ten new e320 trains, which can carry 900 passengers at speeds of 200 mph. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:41:04 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/eurostar-confirms-700-fleet-overhaul/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/eurostar-confirms-700-fleet-overhaul/ Eurostar has unveiled a £700 million investment programme to overhaul its aging rolling stock. The Channel Tunnel rail operator – which offers services between London, Paris and Brussels – confirmed the plans will see the company purchase ten new trainsets from German manufacturer Siemens as well as upgrading its existing fleet. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:54:54 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-considers-uk-rail-link/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-considers-uk-rail-link/ German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has confirmed it will test its high-speed ICE-3 train in the Channel Tunnel as it considers expanding its European services. Scheduled for October, the test will allow the company to explore the possibility of establishing a link between the financial centres of London and Frankfurt. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:04:09 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/after-the-crisis-new-demands-on-logistics/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/after-the-crisis-new-demands-on-logistics/ Four new market realities: permanent change is becoming the order of the day in planning Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:36:12 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-ariva-takeover/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-ariva-takeover/ Deutsche Bahn is to buy UK train and bus operator Arriva for £1.59bn in a deal that will create one of Europe’s largest transport groups. The move comes as part of the German group’s plans to expand beyond its domestic market, as well as a shift towards consolidation within European transport. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:18:58 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-eyes-arriva-takeover/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/deutsche-bahn-eyes-arriva-takeover/ Shares in travel operator Arriva raced this morning, following a takeover approach from rival European firm Deutsche Bahn. Arriva saw its value rocket by as much as 14 per cent on the FTSE 250 this morning, following modest gains yesterday as the company confirmed it had received an “unsolicited approach from a third party”. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:18:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-assault-forces-eurostar-reform/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/db-assault-forces-eurostar-reform/ Five years after the collapse of Project Jupiter, another attempt has begun to transform Eurostar from an unincorporated tri-national partnership into a single coherent entity. The operator confirmed last month that negotiations were underway to position the business ready for the introduction of competition in the international passenger sector from January 1 2010. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:20:23 +0000