European Railways Call for Increased Investments in High-Speed Rail Expansion

From the point of view of Deutsche Bahn and other European railways, far more investments are necessary for the expansion of high-speed rail transport in Europe, which the EU Commission is striving for. If the Green Deal is to succeed, the EU and the federal states would have to invest significantly more money in the network expansion, Deutsche Bahn announced on Saturday in Berlin. The infrastructure measures currently being planned or under construction are not sufficient to achieve a doubling of high-speed traffic by 2030. A possible network for this was developed in a study of European railway companies. According to Deutsche Bahn, all 230 metropolitan regions and major cities in Europe will be connected to high-speed traffic at least every hour. 21,000 kilometers of rail network would have to be built and expanded across Europe. The railway infrastructure in Germany is already facing a massive maintenance backlog.