Deutsche Bahn is launching a modernization offensive and is expected to invest more than 19 billion euros in new cars over the next few years. From 2023, three new ICE trains will hit the track each month.

Deutsche Bahn is launching a modernization offensive and is expected to invest more than 19 billion euros in new cars over the next few years. Additionally, from 2023, three new ICE trains will enter the track each month.

Deutsche Bahn passengers will be able to travel on numerous new trains in the coming years, as the group plans the biggest modernisation of its fleet to date. Deutsche Bahn wants to invest more than 19 billion euros in new vehicles by 2030, more than most planned for 2019, Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn, announced at the Innotrans international rail technology fair in Berlin on the 21st. billion euros.

"We are now investing in the train of the future," Lutz explained. Record investment will create higher demand. Modern trains will make railways, which have recently become profitable again, greener, more reliable and more convenient. In addition, Deutsche Bahn will invest in a train repair shop.

According to Deutsche Bahn, the number of ICE trains in Germany will increase to about 450 by 2030. From 2023, three new ICE trains will hit the track each month. In addition, Deutsche Bahn will expand its ICE fleet with the new ICE L model launched last week.

For long-distance traffic alone, Deutsche Bahn will spend around 10 billion euros on trains over the next few years, most of which will go to ICE4. In addition, about 2.5 billion is earmarked for 73 ICE 3Neos, the first of which will be operational in December.

"A paradigm shift will not fail because of demand, as the past few months have shown," Lutz said. Recently, the end of Covid-19 measures and the introduction of 9 euro tickets have led to a significant increase in the number of passengers on buses and trains.

At the Innotrans fair, Deutsche Bahn also presented a model of future regional trains. Take, for example, the specially adapted double-decker trains that will start running in Bavaria in spring 2023. Spatially separated office areas and spacious family areas will make travel more comfortable and allow passengers to make better use of their time in the car. Editor / Xu Shengpeng