Overview
- DB has put alcohol-consumption bans into force at Frankfurt Central Station and at Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten and Ostbahnhof, covering station buildings, platforms, approach corridors, and main forecourts.
- In Frankfurt, an introductory phase uses announcements, posted notices, and DB security staff to inform travelers before firmer enforcement follows.
- People may still drink in on-site bars and restaurants, and carrying alcohol in sealed containers remains allowed.
- The company is running the bans as a model project inside a €50 million cleanliness-and-safety drive that adds more patrols at 35 stations and increases cleaning at 30 major hubs.
- Social workers, including the Berliner Stadtmission, warn the rules could push alcohol-dependent and unhoused people elsewhere and call for more outreach and support services.