Partner of the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project
The new high-speed rail connection in the south-west of Germany forms a vital link to the German and European high-speed rail network. It will halve the journey time between Ulm and Stuttgart, and it will be possible to travel from Stuttgart to Vienna in less than five hours in future.
Shorter journey times
Journey times will not only be substantially reduced in the long-distance sector: the overall concept will have a particularly positive effect on regional rail transport. Direct trains will run on the busiest regional connections. The new infrastructure will have far higher capacity and therefore steadily raise efficiency throughout the entire regional transport sector. Conversion of Stuttgart’s historic terminus station into a modern through station with eight tracks will greatly improve the station’s efficiency.
Efficient rail infrastructure
As one of the leading mobility and logistics companies which is active in 150 countries throughout the world, Deutsche Bahn AG has a keen interest in efficient rail infrastructure, as the core business of the DB Group is the railway in Germany. On its modern, approx. 34,000-kilometre long rail network, DB AG handles more than 39,000 train journeys daily, operated by 340 different railway undertakings, as the infrastructure is also open to competitor railways.
To handle infrastructure upgrading, Deutsche Bahn AG has specialists with specific rail expertise, professionals for all project phases, specialist engineering works and the logistics activities required to perform construction work while operations continue. These experts control, plan and monitor implementation of infrastructure projects at Deutsche Bahn AG. Clear structures are an essential basis for successful project handling, as they enable compliance with deadlines, quality and costs in such complex undertakings as the Stuttgart – Ulm rail project.
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