Deutsche Bahn predicts further decline in EU rail transport

The new expectation for this year is that the volume will decrease by about 2.5%. DB analysts were much more optimistic earlier this spring. In March, they anticipated a cargo volume that would barely decline, with a small loss of only 0.1%.

Revised downward

The growing pessimism is not good news for European rail freight carriers, who already saw a nearly 7% decline in cargo volume last year. Additionally, DB has also revised its growth expectations for European road transport downward. In March, the forecast was still a comfortable revenue growth of 4.5%. This has now been halved to 2.2% for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

Source NT