With elections incoming, German rail freight puts its wishlist on the table

On 23 February, Germany will be heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, from which a government will then be formed. A new legislature means new opportunities, and German rail freight is not sitting still to make its voice heard: An alliance of eight rail associations has put together a document formulating their demands to the future government.

“The federal government has formulated ambitious modal shift targets for rail transport: increasing the market share in rail freight transport to 25 per cent and doubling passenger transport performance by the target year 2030”, the associations say in a unified appeal.

In order to achieve that, they propose measures in three areas: financing, infrastructure usage charges and specific measures to advance both freight and passenger transportat…