Germany’s railways are in crisis. Trains run late, tracks crumble and management looks away. Rail expert Christian Böttger explains how the state-owned enterprise got so offtrack – and why billions ...

German trains used to run like clockwork. Today, delays are the rule, not the exception. As public anger is boiling over, ...

For years now, passengers have been growing increasingly dissatisfied with Deutsche Bahn. From time to time, peculiar episodes come to light, revealing the state-owned company's deep-seated problems.

The train disaster in June 2022 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which left five dead and 78 injured, “was avoidable,” according to an expert report published by national rail operator Deutsche Bahn on ...