Establishing a high-performance network for greater reliability and growth

Together with our owner, we presented a new approach for the modernization of the existing network. The high-performance network is to include the busiest rail connections in Germany, which now extend across 10% of the overall network. About 25% of all trains already run through this network today. In addition, it already has an extraordinarily high average capacity utilization even without construction activities. Due to the projected transport growth, the length of this highly utilized network will increase from its current level of about 3,500 km to probably more than 9,000 km by the end of this decade, thus significantly increasing the share of the overall network..