Overview
- Deutsche Bahn, which announced the push Saturday through CEO Evelyn Palla, will spend more than €20 billion over five years, with about €4 billion slated for 2026.
- The company will modernize more than 1,000 stations this year and expand full redesigns from 500 to 710 sites, with 130 slated to start in 2026.
- An immediate €50 million program launched in January is adding cleaning crews and security at 25 stations, while DB and the federal police are fitting more sites with cameras and video systems.
- DB says a quick‑start effort to improve passenger information will begin soon, and new mobile craft teams are already tackling small repairs faster across the network.
- A mid‑year update will set the opening timetable for Stuttgart 21, the delayed Stuttgart main station rebuild whose cost estimate has climbed to about €12 billion from roughly €3 billion.