Press releases Passenger Service

Press Releases Passenger Service

• 1.
  Press release 26.01.2012

  Topic: Passenger Service

   

  Official statistics show record growth on the railways

  Rail travel growing faster than cars

  

  Development of transport performance (persons/km), indexed representation. Source: Pro-Rail Alliance based on Destatis report "Verkehr in Zahlen 2011/2012" (26.01.2012), rolling mid-term forecast summer 2011 commissioned by transport ministry. Regional rail transport includes rapid-transport trains.

  Berlin. The transport performance of the passenger railways has increased by 20 percent over the last 10 years, whereas car usage has almost stagnated, with growth of just four percent. This is shown by the latest figures from the German statistics office (Destatis) and calculations …

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• 2.
  Press release 12.01.2012

  Topic: Passenger Service

   

  National statistics: above average increase in transport costs

  Inflation rate lower for rail fares than cars and planes

• 3.
  Press release 06.12.2011

  Topic: Passenger Service,  Safety

   

  Injury figures: fatality risk in cars is 67 times greater than trains

  Railways are by far the safest transport mode

• 4.
  Press release 25.10.2011

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Train Station of the Year 2011: Award ceremony on October 24, 2011

  Halberstadt wins this year's award

• 5.
  Press release 21.09.2011

  Topic: Passenger Service

   

  International car-free day: Alternatives to cars making progress

  More people using multi-modal transport

• 6.
  Press release 20.09.2011

  Topic: Passenger Service

   

  Punctuality statistics show Switzerland before Germany and Austria

  "Transparency will give passengers freedom of choice"

• 7.
  Press release 19.09.2011

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Train Station of the Year 2011 - presentation in Leipzig on September 19

  The winner's plaque now decorates the imposing station building

• 8.
  Press release 29.08.2011

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Customer opinion counts: Pro-Rail Alliance announces Train Station of the Year

  Leipzig and Halberstadt win awards for 2011

• 9.
  Press release 03.08.2011

  Topic: Passenger Service

   

  Coach services: Distorted competition instead of freedom of choice

  "Cheap bypass to bridge the gaps in the rail network"

• 10.
  Press release 23.06.2011

  Topic: Projects,  Passenger Service,  Environment

   

  ECORailS: Final EU project conference in Berlin

  Improved energy efficiency using eco-oriented awarding criteria