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Situation: party system & political stability
The AfD leads in all eight current nationwide polls (as of 27 Oct) and in Saxony-Anhalt a state government can only be formed with an unusual majority; for serious there is no evidence of provisional budget management (2027 budget still in the procedure), of a failed government formation or of a blocked election of constitutional judges.
Growth 232Transformation 255Decline 120Under construction & planned 210
Key figures
Largest expansions
- Tesla plans 3,500 new jobs at Grünheide plant+3,500 New jobs ·
- MBDA doubles investment to €5bn, hiring 2,800 in 2026+2,800 New jobs ·
- Vetter Pharma to build €480m Saarland site, up to 2,000 jobs+2,000 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 203050,000 Affected staff ·
- Bosch to cut 13,000 more jobs worldwide13,000 Affected staff ·
- DHL to cut 8,000 jobs at Post & Parcel Germany8,000 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 50 | +628 | 13,504 |
| Logistics | 23 | +1,000 | 14,018 |
| Automotive supplier | 18 | — | 32,280 |
| Pharma | 17 | +2,500 | 2,510 |
| Automotive | 16 | +3,500 | 66,350 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 51 of 52 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 11, realised: 3, cancelled: 1, averted: 1.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Karl Mayer Kartonagen files for insolvency, affecting 110 jobsNext milestone: 3 Nov 2026
- Uber and Delivery Hero agree combination at €41.50 per shareNext milestone: 5 Nov 2026
- German cabinet approves 2027 renewable energy law overhaulNext milestone: 9 Nov 2026
- Sazerac offers €5.55 per share for Berentzen-GruppeNext milestone: 20 Nov 2026
- Wahl Gruppe files for insolvency, risking 1,000 jobsNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Lonza to buy five US manufacturing sites from Merck KGaA · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Germany
- Schaeffler to cut 3,460 jobs in Europe and give up sites · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stratec to sell diagnostics unit Diatron to Indian investors · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- edding sells Collaboration @ Work division for €1 · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hochbahn rebuilds Ohlsdorf U1 platform and bridge by October · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- GE Vernova to buy Berlin high-voltage specialist Trench for $9bn · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- Contship acquires Tarros Group through Sogemar · Mergers · 🇮🇹 Italy / Germany
- Tillotts to buy drugmaker Haupt Pharma Wülfing in Gronau · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Germany
- Mutares receives Quiver offer for delivery platform Stuart · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Westfalen commissions refrigerant propane plant in Münster · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SGL Carbon sells former US carbon fibre site Moses Lake for USD 70m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Generali Deutschland to cut 800 jobs and give up three sites · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Girbau to acquire German garment-finishing specialist Fintec · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / Germany
- Commission positively assesses Germany's final €6bn RRF request · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Boerse Stuttgart wins DLT licence for trading and settlement system · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Merck KGaA to acquire Silence Therapeutics for US$1.3bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom
- Rheinmetall and MSC win auction for Mangalia shipyard · Mergers · 🇷🇴 Romania / Germany / Switzerland
- Synbiotic files for insolvency proceedings at Münster court · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Inission to acquire electronics maker Bavaria Digital Technik · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Germany
- Mutares completes purchase of Steinmüller Engineering from IHI · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Japan
- Report: Portugal picks Lufthansa for 44.9% of TAP · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Portugal
- Commission makes Sanofi commitments in flu vaccine case binding · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- freenet acquires remaining 25% of waipu.tv · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Commission selects 46 more strategic raw materials projects · Policy · 🇧🇪 Belgium / Bulgaria / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Italy / Lithuania / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden
- Personio acquires spend-management provider Circula · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SAP to acquire Ghent AI firm TechWolf · Mergers · 🇧🇪 Belgium / Germany
- Rheinmetall agrees with Alstom to take over Kassel locomotive plant · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Theo Müller to close plants in Rogätz and Leppersdorf · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Covenant opens cruise missile plant in Leipzig · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DWS to acquire real estate manager Peakside Capital Advisors · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Swiss Steel announces further job cuts in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO opens new Sellerhausen-Stünz rail bridge in Leipzig · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- HSB reopens refurbished Ilfeld viaduct to trains · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wunderline Groningen–Leer back in service after eleven years · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- GESCO to acquire Baden-Baden machine builder ARKU · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fresenius acquires remaining 45% of mAbxience · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / Germany
- Report: solar specialist Energiekonzepte Deutschland files for insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO rebuilds Gerwisch signal box after fire · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VW software unit Cariad to cut around 1,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- InfraRed to buy rail freight operator Hector Rail from Ancala · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Germany
- Bosch to cut 900 jobs at Nuremberg plant by 2029 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bohai and Schlote to close plants in Harzgerode and Wernigerode · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter to close, 250 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wolters brewery to end production in Braunschweig at end of 2026 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- NRW tax administration opens new data centre in Kaarst · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Attestor to take full control of Condor as state exits · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom
- Report: BASF weighs takeover of Evonik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundesrat approves 14.04-cent-per-litre fuel tax cut until year-end · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria tables Bundesrat initiative on long-distance rail competition · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears Holtzbrinck's sole control of Zeitverlag · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- thyssenkrupp Bilstein to cut up to 180 jobs in Ennepetal and Essen · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU Commission clears Henkel's €2.1bn takeover of Stahl · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- Planet Labs opens satellite production in Berlin, adding 70 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sazerac offers €5.55 per share for Berentzen-Gruppe · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Grünenthal to acquire Bayer's cancer drug Stivarga for up to €375m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Telix Pharmaceuticals to acquire Munich's ITM for $1.65bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: MSC in talks over state stake in Meyer Werft · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: MAG IAS to shut Rottenburg site, affecting 85 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Schneider Electric puts 110 jobs at risk in Marktheidenfeld and Lahr · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kneipp opens new factory building in Ochsenfurt for €65m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears Kemira's takeover of Sidra Wasserchemie · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Finland
- DB InfraGO to raise NRW bridge renewals to 23 a year from 2027 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brandenburg plans over EUR 1 billion for mobility in 2028 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SMA Solar opens new Gigawatt Factory in Niestetal for €80m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Carlyle and CVC DIF to acquire BauWatch from Haniel · Mergers · 🇳🇱 Netherlands / Germany
- RTL Germany to cut around 500 jobs after Sky takeover · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Cummins mulls closing Marktheidenfeld plant, 350 jobs at risk · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RWE to increase stake in Amprion holding company M31 · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vossloh acquires Australian rail inspection specialist RTI · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Australia
- Uniper to sell 20% stake in OPAL gas pipeline to Hy24 · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vienna Stock Exchange takes majority stake in North Data · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Germany
- Federal and Hessian governments give Frankfurt light rail EUR 20.55m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Masdar and Luxcara agree over €5bn for German energy projects · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VTG agrees to sell VTG Rail UK to pension scheme USS · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Germany
- State finance ministers back offsetting model for import VAT · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UAE pledges Germany €40bn investment including data centres · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kombiverkehr takes full ownership of Spain's Combiberia · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Spain
- United Internet to cut 800 jobs at 1&1 Versatel and IONOS · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- GSK to close Dresden vaccine plant by 2028, cutting 650 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet adopts Digital Identities Act for d-you wallet · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Prinz-Mayweg group gets protective shield, hitting 310 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Heidelberg Materials to acquire 70% of Peru's Cementos Inka · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Peru
- EU Commission approves €400m aid for Sanofi insulin plant · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frischfaser Karton closes Baiersbronn mill, cutting 220 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Enerparc files for insolvency, hitting 380 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Düsseldorf opens U81 light-rail airport link on 4 September 2026 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trip.com Group acquires majority stake in e-hoi · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government provides nearly EUR 36m for digital automatic coupling · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 2030 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wahl Gruppe files for insolvency, risking 1,000 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet extends grid-fee subsidy through 2029 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet approves 2027 income tax reform · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet approves offshore wind law amendment · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Rheinmetall plans Neuss tech centre with 1,200 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Railpool merges KTG workshop in Duisburg with Lokservice in Hamburg · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eberle cuts 160 of 250 jobs in Augsburg · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm (913 MW) begins commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO opens new Sternbrücke rail bridge in Hamburg · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens modernised Niedtalbahn with three new stations · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Wave Group to acquire sportswear maker Uhlsport · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Germany
- Schleipen Paper shuts Bad Dürkheim mill, cutting 73 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government tops up 2026 single-wagonload aid by up to EUR 84m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rheinmetall builds Nordhessen defence hub for €285m, 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- JOST Group to acquire freight forwarder CTJ Janssen in Grevenbroich · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Belgium
- Schwarz Group to build €5.6bn 240MW data centre near Rostock · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Depot to shut down entirely, affecting 730 remaining jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal and state governments earmark EUR 10.9m for Brocken line · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- HGK to anchor new logistics centre in the Port of Hamburg · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich Re to acquire cyber insurer At-Bay for $575m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Germany's antitrust authority clears Merck's Bio-Techne deal · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Report: Madison Air to acquire fan maker ebm-papst · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- Deutsche Telekom to buy Polish fibre providers Fiberhost and Inea · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- German watchdog closes Apple case with binding commitments · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CVC DIF to acquire majority stake in data centre operator firstcolo · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU Commission clears Bain Capital's purchase of Everllence · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Vossloh completes takeover of LiDAR specialist Cordel · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom
- Federal and state governments ease transport rules during Rhine low water · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Swiss vaccine developer Evax · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Hitachi Rail invests EUR 7m in Arnstadt signalling site · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mainz opens new tram branch on line 53 through Binger Straße · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government launches green inland shipping funding of up to EUR 70m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO activates tunnel-meeting ban system on VDE 8.1 high-speed line · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Domo Collection and subsidiary Oflor enter insolvency administration · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- PPC to acquire ABO Energy's Polish and Hungarian units · Mergers · 🇬🇷 Greece / Germany
- German Accell units file for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German states threaten legal action over higher rail track charges · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baumann Spedition files for self-administered restructuring · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Karl Mayer Kartonagen files for insolvency, affecting 110 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Adenauer & Co. files for insolvency, hitting 200 jobs at 59 sites · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Regio fully absorbs its subsidiary Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bakery Wahl files for insolvency, affecting 400 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Depot lays off 330 staff, closing 105 stores · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB dissolves DB E.C.O. Group and winds down overseas rail operations · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dalli group files takeover of Farmol with Dutch regulator ACM · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy / Netherlands
- Germany introduces right-to-repair claim against manufacturers · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- NWL adopts 2027 funding programme with EUR 26 million for 39 projects · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Jupiter Bach builds new assembly hall in Cuxhaven for up to €4.5m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amazon converts Pforzheim site into robotics hub, adding 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German AI market surveillance law enters into force · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Apax to acquire Gerresheimer's plastic packaging business and Centor · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom / Vereinigte Staaten
- German cabinet approves 2027 renewable energy law overhaul · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Geestferkel files for insolvency, directly affecting 188 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Pollin Electronic files for insolvency, affecting 140 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Micross Components to acquire Berlin electronics maker AEMtec · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- Mutares to acquire Stellantis's Free2move car-sharing business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / France
- Cover Genius acquires Berlin insurtech Friendsurance · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Knorr-Bremse sells HVAC business Merak to OpenGate Capital · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Spain
- Lufthansa firms up plan to cut up to 550 jobs in savings drive · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ACCUREC doubles Krefeld recycling site for €5.5m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RWE completes increase to 55% stake in Amprion · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DHL eCommerce to take over parcel group Venipak in the Baltics · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Lithuania / Latvia / Estonia
- Germany publishes funding guideline for the AI IPCEI · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Porsche agrees with works council to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Franz Schneider (Rolly Toys) to close Neustadt site, 110 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Westermann Druck to stop Zwickau production, 170 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kitchen maker Menke files for insolvency in Rödinghausen · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- dormakaba opens new training centre in Ennepetal for over €10m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DERTOUR acquires remaining stake in DSR Hotel Holding · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU Commission clears Saica's takeover of THIMM Group · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / Germany
- China puts 14 EU entities on export control list · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy / France / Czech Republic
- Germany publishes EUR 1.7bn funding guideline for ETCS retrofits · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Varta files for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fashion chain Yeans Halle files for insolvency again, 200 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO challenges regulator's 2027 track charge cap in court · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rheinmetall expands Aschau powder plant, adding up to 500 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet adopts start-up and scale-up strategy · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German regulator approves new 2026 track charges after ECJ ruling · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Porsche CEO plans to double job cuts to up to 6,000 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dürr to cut 500 jobs worldwide at subsidiary BBS Automation · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- O2 Telefónica to close 60 of its own shops in Germany · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria approves 13 new hospital projects worth €600m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Omio to acquire rail-distribution firm Rail Europe · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Aluminium Rheinfelden to wind down, affecting 185 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rewe files to acquire grocer Feneberg with cartel office · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Reiche sends EEG and grid drafts for consultation · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Four authorities announce E-Netz Westfalen tender with eurobahn purchase · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- Report: Zalando cuts 200 more jobs at its Berlin headquarters · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Tesla plans 3,500 new jobs at Grünheide plant · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Klinikum Leverkusen explores taking over Alexianer hospital · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SAP completes acquisition of AI startup Prior Labs · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears RWE's stake increase in grid operator Amprion · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Merz and Macron announce joint China roadmap · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- German regulator caps DB's share of long-distance train paths at 60–75% · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal funding backs SMOViE mobility project in Central German coal region · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Metaprint to build new Lichtenau plant under €50-60m programme · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BASF starts up new emollients plant in Düsseldorf · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg opens new research building in Schwäbisch Gmünd · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bridgepoint to take majority of laboratory group GBA · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Germany
- Uber and Delivery Hero agree combination at €41.50 per share · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- VINCI Energies launches €67.50-a-share bid for All for One · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- CrowdStrike to acquire XM Cyber's intellectual property · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- DB Regio expands Erfurt depot for battery trains with EUR 2.6m grant · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet adopts second deregulation package · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kontron starts 5G module production in Düsseldorf · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU approves €659m state aid for four German chip plants · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ostbayernring 380kV power line is now fully energised · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VisualLogix to acquire DACH software provider refyne Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria / Switzerland
- NRW hands over EUR 196 million in funding for light rail infrastructure · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EnBW halts Senec's new-customer business, signals job cuts · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aalcon of Aalen shuts down, cutting 55 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Infineon and LS Electric to develop power supplies for AI data centres · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Magna to close Dorfprozelten mirror plant, 216 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brewery Eichbaum shuts down in Mannheim, cutting 240 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Oberstdorf and Fischen: DB InfraGO's new interlockings enter service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Passenger trains return from Greifswald to Lubmin after 27 years · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Zalando to close Erfurt logistics centre, 2,100 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn completes renovation of the Cologne–Wuppertal–Hagen line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO completes Hamburg–Hannover line renovation worth €300m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundestag and Bundesrat pass Infrastructure Future Act · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein presents regional rail plan for 2027 to 2031 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- O2 Telefónica to cut up to 1,100 jobs and close 60 shops · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VW supervisory board blocks closure of four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Alstom moves into new Salzgitter logistics hall, Garbe invests EUR 40m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens tracks 15 and 16 at Frankfurt Hbf after bridge replacement · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutz to acquire defence maker FFG for €1.6bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VRR adopts 2027 funding catalogue with 82 projects worth EUR 92 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony funds new Zwickau trams with EUR 22.5 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Salzgitter takes over HKM, cutting workforce to 1,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Volksbank Krefeld and Düsseldorf Neuss to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin and Brandenburg award S-Bahn sub-networks to Siemens and Stadler · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds Hall 1 at Cottbus ICE depot, 1,200 jobs at full capacity · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- U3 runs again between Mundsburg and Barmbek after bridge works · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- H.I.G. Capital to take majority of infrastructure services firm Terras · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German cabinet adopts 2027 budget draft with EUR 33.7bn for transport · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Porsche puts up to 4,000 more jobs at risk · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Uber raises Delivery Hero stake to nearly 37% · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lone Star to buy Continental unit ContiTech for €4bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Infineon opens €5bn Smart Power Fab in Dresden, adding 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- AMiT Transportation acquires on-board electronics firm GERSYS · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new container depot area at Ulm-Dornstadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipziger Volksbank and Volksbank Delitzsch to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony allocates EUR 50 million from Sachsenfonds to transport · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VTG to close Großräschen wagon maintenance plant at end-2026 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hapag-Lloyd unit HGT to acquire 20% of Eurogate's CTH terminal · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Persistent Systems offers €81 a share for Nagarro · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW board weighs cutting up to 100,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW management plans to close four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kreissparkasse Steinfurt and Sparkasse Rheine to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hessian parliament passes revised procurement and collective-pay law · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens modernised Ludwigslust–Parchim line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EQT to acquire satellite launch services provider Exolaunch · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Germany
- Germany raises 2026 rail freight track-access aid by about EUR 80 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Evonik to cut 3,200 more jobs under its Tailor Made programme · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Evonik to close Witten plant as it exits polyester · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ODIG expands Parchim depot for EUR 18 million for battery trains · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin opens new S-Bahn line S15 to the main station · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg–Berlin railway fully reopens after renovation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Westfrankenbahn reopens modernised Markelsheim station with new interlocking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hermann-Hesse-Bahn resumes service between Calw and Weil der Stadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- euregiobahn reopens line to Stolberg-Altstadt after 2021 flood · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Volksbank Chemnitz and Raiffeisenbank Burgstädt to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siemens Mobility opens Rail Service Center in Munich-Allach · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frasers Group offers €38 a share for Hugo Boss · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sopra Steria becomes partner in sovereign Delos government cloud · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg backs non-federal railways with over EUR 18m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ROGESA plans scrap processing plant in Dillingen/Saar for green steel · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stadler opens customer acceptance centre in Hennigsdorf, 128 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg secures about EUR 80m for three U3 station projects · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aequita to acquire Rheinmetall's automotive unit Power Systems · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Triton to acquire drive technology maker Flender from Carlyle · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siempelkamp to cut up to 129 jobs at its Zweibrücken site · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL Group completes acquisition of Sky Germany · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn completes general renovation of the Emmerich–Oberhausen line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Offenburg freight wagon workshop closes, 30 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brandenburg rates rail reactivations: Joachimsthal–Templin fails · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government funds autonomous Kiel fjord ferry with EUR 3.3 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria, South Tyrol and Trentino study variable Brenner toll · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy
- Bundestag backs double-tracking of the Marschbahn · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new Adendorf station on the Lübeck–Lüneburg line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lahn Valley line reopens after Fachingen tunnel renewal · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trafikverket secures Trelleborg–Rostock rail ferry until 2031 · Policy · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Germany
- Siemens Mobility to acquire core businesses of rail-tech group MERMEC · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy
- Germany opens new A44 section Sontra-Ost–Wommen junction · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes platform and subway upgrade at Hanau Hbf · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lieken to close its Essen-Borbeck plant, affecting 120 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Regio expands Kaiserslautern depot for 44 battery trains, EUR 6m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BVG completes ceiling repairs at Nollendorfplatz U-Bahn station · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundesrat approves procurement acceleration act with more direct awards · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Commerzbank to cut 3,000 more jobs under its Momentum 2030 plan · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Festo to cut 1,300 jobs in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wacker Chemie to cut 1,600 jobs by the end of 2027 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DeepL cuts 250 jobs in shift to an AI-native organisation · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Gühring cuts 300 jobs at its main Albstadt plant · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- TE Connectivity to cut 630 jobs at its Speyer site · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UniCredit launches hostile bid for Commerzbank · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BioNTech ends vaccine production, cutting up to 1,860 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BioNTech to close Marburg production plant by 2027 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BioNTech to close Idar-Oberstein plant by 2027 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new Neermoor station on the Leer–Emden line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony funds charging planning for battery trains around Dresden · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kone to buy lift maker TK Elevator for €29.4bn · Mergers · 🇫🇮 Finland / Germany
- Union says DB Cargo plans majority sale of two intermodal subsidiaries · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundestag passes GHG quota law but excludes rail electricity · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony signs declaration of intent on autonomous public transport by 2030 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fraport opens new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens Rostock Seehafen interlocking, timber-built Roter Riese · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schmitz Cargobull to take full ownership of Berger Fahrzeugtechnik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria
- Bremen Senate approves €9.7m for transport infrastructure · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- HGK starts building new depot in Brühl-Vochem for about €7m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government launches ERTMS coordination office for rail · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Thuringia funds Gotha station redevelopment with about EUR 13 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mann+Hummel to close its Speyer site, affecting 600 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal transport ministry opens €14m call for urban mobility plans · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich Airport opens new Terminal 1 pier for 6m passengers a year · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lahn-Kinzig line reopens to Gelnhausen on 13 April 2026 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stellantis cuts 650 jobs at Opel's Rüsselsheim development centre · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- GBM Gleisbaumechanik buys site with two halls in Kirchmöser · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MBDA doubles investment to €5bn, hiring 2,800 in 2026 · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom / Italy / Germany
- Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia launch Germany's first AI factory in Munich · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart nears completion of B10 Leuze junction project worth €500m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg Senate approves collective-pay rule in public procurement law · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Enpal disbands customer service and dismisses 97 staff · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Transport ministers adopt price index for Deutschlandticket · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart region to own S-Bahn trains under new 2032 contract · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart region approves planning for S7 Heimerdingen–Vaihingen · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Reliable Rail taskforce recommends 22 measures to improve punctuality · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sparda-Bank West and PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr explore merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BP to sell Ruhr region refineries to Klesch Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU Court of Justice rules German track-price cap breaches EU law · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony-Anhalt funds HSB infrastructure with EUR 10.2 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lanxess cuts 550 jobs worldwide, mainly in Cologne and Leverkusen · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UniCredit to cut 300 to 400 jobs in Germany by 2027 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siemens Mobility to get new assembly hall at logport I in Duisburg · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CAF starts building rail maintenance depot in Neubeckum · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO commissions extended LZB between Petershausen and Rohrbach · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich launches new tram line 14 on the West Tangent · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB energises overhead line between Chemnitz Hbf and Chemnitz Süd · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rolls-Royce Power Systems expands plants, new factory in Friedrichshafen · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- New Friedrichsdorf signal box now also controls line to Friedberg · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Transdev and HCR set up cable-car company for Herne · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein bundles 13 rail projects worth EUR 900 million · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Systel plans to cut 1,900 jobs, union warns of up to 4,000 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany, Latvia and Lithuania plan new power grid link · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Latvia / Lithuania
- DB Cargo chief says turnaround needs major job cuts · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Otto Group cuts jobs heavily ahead of generational handover · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ergo to cut around 1,000 jobs by the end of 2030 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany and Poland agree to upgrade cross-border rail links · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- Sparkasse Oberpfalz Nord and Bayreuth plan merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- tradias and Börse Stuttgart Digital plan crypto merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Commerzbank joins European payment app Wero · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lower Saxony launches EUR 110 million public transport funding for 2026 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Henkel to acquire coatings specialist Stahl for €2.1bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- Niedax opens technology campus in Rahms, up to 500 jobs planned · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- NRW authorities and National Express restructure rail contracts · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg funds rnv Line 5 (OEG) with EUR 5.3m a year · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vetter Pharma to build €480m Saarland site, up to 2,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Raiffeisen-Volksbank Haßberge plans merger with VR Bank Bamberg · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Three Hesse cooperative banks plan three-way merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government secures EUR 2.5bn for rail, incl. Pfaffensteig tunnel · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kiepe Electric hands trolleybus business to Carrosserie Hess · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Germany launches sandbox testing for its state EUDI wallet · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bank digitises processes and rolls out AI assistant · Digitalization · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Tesla's Grünheide plant loses around 1,700 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aumovio to cut up to 4,000 R&D jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany / International
- Audi unit PSW closes Neckarsulm site, cutting 100 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bank and Postbank to close around 100 branches · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Furniture discounter Roller closes five stores in Germany · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhineland-Palatinate draws over EUR 200m GVFG rail funds in 2025 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein to invest EUR 140 million in five ports · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ten countries sign Hamburg Declaration on North Sea power grid · Policy · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Belgium / Denmark / France / Germany / Iceland / Ireland / Luxembourg / Netherlands / Norway
- Valeo cuts a further 134 jobs at its Ebern site · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg commits EUR 130m to municipal branch lines · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aldi Süd cuts several hundred jobs at its German head office · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Canyon plans to cut up to 320 jobs in Koblenz and Amsterdam · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- Deutsche Börse to buy fund platform Allfunds for €5.3bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Spain
- BSH to close its Nauen and Bretten plants by 2028 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Yanfeng to close its Lüneburg site, affecting 230 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government funds Stuttgart digital vehicle fit-out with EUR 340m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government withdraws from planning Mannheim rail hub · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony-Anhalt launches EUR 2.5m digitalisation funding programme · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg funds 30 SSB light-rail vehicles with EUR 56m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB commissions new Reichertshausen interlocking after EUR 19m project · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vossloh acquires Swedish track-tamping firm Nordic Tamping Service · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Sweden
- Federal Railway Authority approves Pfaffensteig Tunnel near Stuttgart · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aequita to acquire SABIC's European petrochemicals business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / United Kingdom / Belgium
- Zalando to close its Erfurt logistics centre, affecting 2,700 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Knorr-Bremse completes purchase of Swiss electronics firm Duagon · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
2025
- Cross-border Knappenrode–Horka line: ETCS goes live on German side · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Work SE cuts 260 jobs amid strategic realignment · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aldi DX cuts triple-digit number of jobs in its IT unit · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Harman to acquire ZF's ADAS business for €1.5bn · Mergers · Vereinigte Staaten / South Korea / Germany
- NRW cabinet backs statewide rail body Schiene.NRW · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Olavion to acquire 60% of Siegburg rail company RBP · Mergers · 🇵🇱 Poland / Germany
- State, Pforzheim and Enzkreis join the Karlsruhe transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO opens new Deggendorf interlocking built for EUR 17.5m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony adopts Deutschlandticket funding ordinance for 2026 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin Senate completes review of BVG transport contract · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ammertal and Ermstal railways now run every 30 minutes · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn commissions ETCS between Erzingen and Konstanz · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO commissions two interlockings on the Munich–Mühldorf line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony-Anhalt secures Harz narrow-gauge railways funding for 2026 and 2027 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhine Valley Railway: new tracks between Müllheim and Auggen open · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn opens upgraded Dresden Railway Südkreuz–Blankenfelde · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhine Valley Railway: four-track Müllheim–Auggen section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO reopens Ahr Valley railway after flood destruction · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO completes Ammerseebahn modernisation up to Weilheim · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens Herten-Westerholt S-Bahn station and expands Buer Nord · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens Erft Valley line after flood destruction · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal Network Agency approves 2026 track charges, freight up 5.8% · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhineland-Palatinate adopts state public transport plan, about EUR 60m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes refurbishment of Elstertal Viaduct in Vogtland · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes redesign of Kölner Platz at Magdeburg Hbf · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal and state funding of EUR 35.3m for Karlsruhe tram routes · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhineland-Palatinate funds 22 new Mainz trams with EUR 5m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Musashi closes its Leinefelde machining unit, cutting 200 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens renewed railway bridge at Lindwurmstrasse in Munich · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hesse and Federal Government fund Kassel tram with nearly EUR 30m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VVO and ZVON merge to form Eastern Saxony transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- State grants EUR 17.5m for renewal of Karlsruhe's Turmbergbahn · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to build automated-driving innovation lab in Minden by 2027 · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens lengthened platforms at four Murr Valley line stations · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL Germany plans to cut around 600 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Allianz Partners to cut up to 1,800 call-centre jobs to AI · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany / International
- UFZ Leipzig opens new €41m research building, adding 170 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lower Saxony introduces the D-Ticket Azubi from January 2026 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frankfurt plans new tram Line 13 to the Gutleutviertel for €153.6m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ARS Altmann builds one of Germany's largest solar carports · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CureVac shareholders approve takeover by BioNTech · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Faber-Castell cuts 130 jobs in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Maria Stern hospital in Remagen closes, cutting 118 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin opens new community school in Mahlsdorf for €60m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VR Bank RheinAhrEifel and PSD Bank Koblenz plan merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Feasibility study weighs Cornberg's merger into Bebra or Sontra · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stadtwerke Baden-Baden to cut 18 bus-driver jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VR-Bank Nordeifel and Raiffeisenbank Westeifel to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin completes QH Track office ensemble in Europacity · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Max Bögl becomes first in Europe licensed to operate maglev lines · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MAN to cut 2,300 jobs in Munich, Salzgitter and Nuremberg · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DS Smith plans to close five German plants, affecting 500 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- St Joseph Hospital in Prüm files for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears Demant's takeover of hearing-aid chain Kind · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MAN to cut over 1,300 jobs, around 700 in Munich · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mayen-Koblenz council seeks closure plan for Boppard hospital · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB inaugurates renewed roof of Dresden Hauptbahnhof train shed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ashurst and Perkins Coie to merge as Ashurst Perkins Coie · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Intel to build two Magdeburg chip fabs for €30bn, 3,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Layoffs at Bosch, Porsche and Daimler weigh on Stuttgart's property market · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany adopts relief package to curb rising rail track access charges · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Coalition committee agrees relief for aviation and electric lorries · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Budget committee approves 2026 transport budget of EUR 27.9 billion · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nokia plans to close its Munich site by 2030, affecting 700 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Greifswald university hospital to acquire Klinikum Karlsburg for €25m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sparkasse Neuwied and Westerwald-Sieg explore merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aichach-Friedberg district agrees to AVV joining Munich's MVV · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CMA CGM seeks 20 per cent stake in Container Terminal Hamburg · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- DB Cargo sells about 6,000 freight wagons to GATX and leases them back · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bodensee Belt Railway partners fund design planning with EUR 42.9m · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundestag secures Deutschlandticket funding until 2030 · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brenz Railway: state and region fund EUR 63m of planning · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Northern German states agree Büsum list of 43 priority transport projects · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens modernised Wanne-Eickel main station after €25m upgrade · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB commissions ETCS system changeover at Frankfurt (Oder) border crossing · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- DB takes over LEAG training workshop in Jänschwalde with 300 trainees · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Puma to cut around 900 jobs group-wide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- German government adopts draft law on intelligent transport systems · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- METRANS plans to take 27% of Hamm freight agency EANG · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Langlau passing station opens, RB 62 now runs hourly throughout · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- NRW rail authorities criticise draft law on rail reform · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim to close, cutting up to 350 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BioNTech launches exchange offer for CureVac · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BBBank announces merger with PSD Bank Hessen-Thüringen · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Hamburg expands transport special fund to EUR 2.3bn · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Holcim to acquire wall-systems maker Xella for €1.85bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO buys municipally owned Tegernsee-Bahn and plans to electrify it · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VIG seeks to acquire insurer Nuernberger for €1.38bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB invests about EUR 250 million in ICE City and DB Campus in Erfurt · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EUCO Rail opens components centre in Gersthofen near Augsburg · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Warburg Pincus to take PSI Software private · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SJ ends Berlin night train as Sweden lets subsidy expire · Policy · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Denmark / Germany
- Helios clinic in Breisach to close, affecting 232 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Coalition provides a further €3bn for federal trunk roads · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal Network Agency orders DB InfraGO to announce works on time · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Capcellence takes majority stake in lifting-technology maker Autolift · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Germany
- Vossloh completes takeover of concrete sleeper maker Sateba · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- France ends subsidy, Paris–Vienna/Berlin night train stops 14 December 2025 · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Austria / Germany
- ZF to cut 7,600 jobs in its e-drive division · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Straubing-Sand port opens rail terminal for container handling · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bosch to cut 13,000 more jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Northvolt builds €4.5bn battery gigafactory in Heide, 3,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ford to cut up to 1,000 jobs at its Cologne e-car plant · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg–Bamberg four-track expansion now complete · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- North Rhine-Westphalia hands out thirteen grants to renew local rail systems · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eli Lilly builds plant in Alzey, investment since halved · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipzig–Dresden upgrade: Zeithain–Leckwitz section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- JD.com to acquire Ceconomy for €2.2bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bitterfeld station opens new station building · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Iberdrola commissions Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Archdiocese of Hamburg closes Groß Sand hospital in Wilhelmsburg · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL to acquire Sky Germany from Comcast · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eifel Railway fully reopens after 2021 flood damage · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Demant to acquire hearing-care chain Kind for €700m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany opens A49 motorway gap closure near Schwalmstadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siemens to cut 5,600 jobs at Digital Industries · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ørsted's Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm reaches full operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DHL to cut 8,000 jobs at Post & Parcel Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trier West Line reopens after more than 40 years · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dortmund completes central station modernisation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Continental to cut 580 jobs at four ContiTech sites · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Riedbahn Mannheim–Frankfurt reopens after full renovation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Gäubahn: Horb–Neckarhausen double-tracked with new interlocking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A44 motorway: Waldkappel–Ringgau section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg–Bamberg line: Baiersdorf–Eggolsheim section completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Chemnitz completes Bahnbogen rail arc modernisation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin-Schöneweide station redevelopment completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Weddeler Schleife between Braunschweig and Wolfsburg now double-track · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2023
- Wünsdorf-Waldstadt station reopens after rebuild · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin tram closes gap between Hauptbahnhof and Turmstraße · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dresden-Plauen stop becomes barrier-free Zukunftsbahnhof · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg opens new Ottensen S-Bahn station · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RWE opens Kaskasi offshore wind farm off Heligoland · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2022
- Main-Neckar railway commissions ETCS Level 2 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Regio-S-Bahn RS3 runs electric Oldenburg–Wilhelmshaven · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line enters regular service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New signal box controls Wörth–Germersheim–Speyer line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A44 motorway: Hirschhagen Tunnel opens near Helsa · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A49 motorway: Neuental–Schwalmstadt section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Düsseldorf-Bilk upgraded into a regional rail stop · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies Wesel–Bocholt railway line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- Karlsruhe opens light-rail tunnel of its Combined Solution · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frankfurt's Homburger Damm now double-tracked · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies Südbahn line Ulm–Lindau · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Würzburg central station completes accessibility upgrade · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Elztalbahn near Freiburg enters electric service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eifel line's Kuckuckslay Tunnel widened for double track · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- B31 bypass Immenstaad–Friedrichshafen fully opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin Palace with Humboldt Forum fully opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MegaHub Lehrte freight terminal starts operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Duisburg–Essen interlocking now fully operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2020
- Saxony-Franconia line: Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz section renewed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich–Lindau line enters electrified service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Lindau-Reutin station opens to long-distance trains · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin–Dresden line: first section runs at 200 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Darmstadt-Kranichstein–Babenhausen interlocking enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipzig rail hub: second construction phase completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin closes U5 gap to the main station · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bonn completes renovation of station hall roof · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens after years of delay · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Warnemünde station gets Germany's first digital interlocking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dresden–Elsterwerda connecting curve now allows 130 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cottbus main station completes barrier-free rebuild · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- Hohe See offshore wind farm in the North Sea is complete · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm begins commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Albatros wind farm extends Hohe See in the North Sea · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Merkur offshore wind farm off Borkum is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- B91 Theißen bypass opens to traffic · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- POS North upgrade: Neustadt–Böhl-Iggelheim section ready for 200 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- POS upgrade: Homburg–Bruchhof and Landstuhl–Kaiserslautern sections completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ruhland rail junction upgrade now complete · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frankfurt Airport Loop: Gateway Gardens station opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony-Franconia line: Paditz–Lehndorf section completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Petersberg Tunnel on the Mosel line widened and modernised · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Halle central station's west side reopens after rebuild · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hochmosel Crossing bridge opens to traffic · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A33 motorway gap closure to Borgholzhausen completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A94 motorway gap closure Pastetten–Heldenstein opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Dillingen interlocking controls Saarland rail line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bremen replaces final Oberneuland level crossing · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bad Kleinen station formally handed over after rebuild · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Hamm interlocking controls Altenbeken rail section · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Haunetal interlocking controls Bebra–Fulda section · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2018
- Magdeburg–Halberstadt upgrade: Blumenberg section completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New BND headquarters in Berlin officially opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Arkona wind farm off Rügen with 385 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wikinger wind farm off Rügen with 350 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Railway embankment between Flörsheim and Hochheim renewed for 160 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Neckar-Alb line gets bidirectional track operation Nürtingen–Reutlingen · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Pforzheim railway tunnel enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ETCS Level 2 enters regular service between Erfurt and Eisenach · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Frankfurt old town at the Dom-Römer site opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- First construction stage at Magdeburg rail junction completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2017
- Gode Wind 1 and 2 wind farm off Norderney with 582 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nordsee One wind farm off the East Frisian coast with 332 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sandbank wind farm off Schleswig-Holstein with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ebensfeld–Erfurt high-speed line (VDE 8.1) enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart's U12 light-rail line reaches Aubrücke · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Third track between Freilassing and Salzburg enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Spessart ramp replaces Schwarzkopf tunnel near Hanau · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stendal–Uelzen line doubled at Hohenwulsch–Brunau-Packebusch · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renovated original tube of the Burgberg tunnel near Erlangen reopens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Dortmund signalling box commissions approach line I · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renovated old Kaiser Wilhelm tunnel on the Moselle reopens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renovation of Münster central station completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Veja Mate wind farm off Borkum with 402 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bietigheim-Bissingen station made barrier-free · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg's U3 subway line reaches Nordwestring · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mühldorf–Tüßling railway section doubled to two tracks · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2016
- Railway tunnel near Oberstaufen renovated and enlarged · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich's tram line 25 reaches Berg am Laim via Steinhausen · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mainzelbahn tram line links Mainz station with Lerchenberg · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Aurachtal railway bridge at Emskirchen enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Weimar–Jena-Göschwitz line reopens after double-tracking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Wilhelma light-rail stop opens in Stuttgart · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart's U12 light-rail line extended to Dürrlewang · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2015
- Global Tech I wind farm off Juist with 400 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amrumbank West wind farm off Heligoland with 302 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Butendiek wind farm off Sylt with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DanTysk wind farm west of Sylt with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm off Rügen with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trianel Windpark Borkum phase 1 connects 200 MW to the grid · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed line (VDE 8.2) enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm with 312 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nordsee Ost wind farm off Heligoland with 295 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2014
- Meerwind Süd/Ost wind farm off Heligoland with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Riffgat wind farm off Borkum with 113 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2013
- BARD Offshore 1 wind farm off Borkum with 400 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2010
- Alpha Ventus becomes Germany's first offshore wind farm · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2026 · planned
- DB InfraGO replaces Nagerl bridge in Bavarian Forest by mid-November · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO replaces bridge girders at Erfurt's Schmidtstedter Knoten · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lower Saxony and Drenthe reactivate Neuenhaus–Coevorden railway · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- DB InfraGO to renovate right-bank Rhine line by 12 December 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg–Passau rail renovation: stage 1 commissioning delayed · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO renovates Pfaffenwinkelbahn near Weilheim until 12 December · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB renews Berlin Stadtbahn and adds Hbf crossover until December · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rastatt Tunnel on the Karlsruhe–Basel line to open by end of 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB renovates Thuringian Bergbahn steep section for about EUR 10 million · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg extends tram line 7 from the main station to Stadtpark · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Augsburg pushes tram Line 5 construction back to the 2030s · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to restore Holstenstrasse–Altona S-Bahn link with temporary bridges · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn to open west side of Dresden rail crossing in Nov 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amprion and TransnetBW to commission Ultranet power link in 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn to finish S13 northern section in December 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- He Dreiht offshore wind farm to connect to the grid by spring 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Windanker: most turbines feeding power into the grid since Aug 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to upgrade Haan-Gruiten station for EUR 12.15m · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds new Bocholt-Mussum station for EUR 2.1 million · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds new Rüdesheim station at Hafenpark by end-2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brandenburg replaces L 23 level crossing at Fangschleuse with a bridge · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens Fangschleuse station, full operation from December 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB replaces railway bridge over Paul-Schäfer-Strasse in Erfurt · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2027 · planned
- Cologne Hbf interlocking: delayed completion works set for January 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CargoBeamer expands Kaldenkirchen terminal, first stage due early 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds five new signal boxes on the Lahn-Kinzig line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony tenders temporary bridge over railway in Bad Schandau · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Regiobahn electrifies S 28 Wuppertal–Kaarst by end of 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn separates freight traffic at Meckelfeld near Hamburg · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Energie buys solar power from two large parks due online by mid-2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to close Sieg line Siegen–Hennef from Dec 2026 for renewal · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Augsburg builds tram tunnel beneath its main station · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB rebuilds Frankfurt Hbf concourse level by late summer 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO builds new Cologne-Mülheim interlocking for EUR 85m · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to open Hunsrück cross-line only in autumn 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- B172n Pirna bypass targets full opening in October 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn renews train-shed roofs at Berlin Ostbahnhof · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies the Hochrhein Railway between Basel and Erzingen · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Lindaunis Schlei bridge: rail service resumes from August 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO builds electronic interlockings on the line to Wedel · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany builds Saale crossing on the A143 Halle bypass · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany adds second track between Lübbenau and Cottbus · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies line from Angermünde to the Polish border · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies the Lübeck–Bad Kleinen line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn rebuilds southern section of Magdeburg rail junction · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn continues modernising the Saxony-Franconia trunk line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn builds new S-Bahn line S4 to Bad Oldesloe · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Grid operators build SuedOstLink power line from Wolmirstedt to Bavaria · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amprion builds A-Nord power line from Emden to Meerbusch · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn renovates rail corridor between Lehrte and Berlin · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg extends U-Bahn line U3 to Gebersdorf · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich extends U-Bahn line U6 to Martinsried · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ESMC holds topping-out ceremony for Dresden chip plant · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lehrter Stammbahn: sections to be electrified by 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Duisport, Captrain and Dortmunder Hafen plan Dortmund intermodal terminal · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Karlsruhe renews tram line and utilities in Daxlanden for EUR 42m · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bad Friedrichshall Süd halt will open in 2027 at the earliest · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hochbahn to open U4 extension to Horner Geest by end-2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to build electronic interlockings at Winden and Kandel by 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- BVG renews northern U6, reopening for the 2027 school year · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds new Leuna station, due by end of 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- AKN reactivates Kiel–Schönberger Strand railway by end of 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB replaces rail bridges in Leipzig-Wahren, S3 shut until 10 October · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2028 · planned
- Deutsche Bahn renovates Kinzig valley line between Gelnhausen and Fulda · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO renews Wiesenburg–Roßlau line for speeds up to 160 km/h · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds new Hunte bridge at Elsfleth, opening winter 2027/28 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VBK start building new Turmbergbahn funicular in Durlach, about EUR 34m · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to bring Niebüll interlocking fully into service by spring 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans full closure of the left-bank Rhine line Cologne–Remagen · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trianel greenlights the 900 MW Waltrop battery storage project · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Luxcara to connect Waterkant offshore wind farm to grid in 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Uniper reactivates Happurg pumped storage by 2028, 160 MW · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amprion renews 380 kV line Oberzier–Blatzheim by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DEGES to connect A26 West to the A7 at Hamburg-Hafen by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn continues modernising the Upper Elbe Valley line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- AKN electrifies line for new Hamburg S-Bahn line S5 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn separates S-Bahn junction at Munich Airport · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn modernises Duisburg Central Station ahead of IGA 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn modernises the Zwickau railway junction · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans upgrade between Dresden and Freital · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- TransnetBW builds SuedLink power line from Brunsbüttel to Großgartach · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SuedLink builds underground cable route from Wilster to Bergrheinfeld/West · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn postpones Hamburg–Lübeck line renovation to 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn expands Rhine Valley Railway sections near Basel · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Districts to reactivate Mainschleifenbahn between Seligenstadt and Volkach · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Skyborn Renewables secures permit for Gennaker wind farm in the Baltic · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vattenfall takes final investment decision for Brunsbüttel battery storage · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Flower builds largest big-city battery storage project in Hamburg · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vattenfall starts offshore construction of the Nordlicht I wind farm · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB delays step-free rebuild of Kaufbeuren station to 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to electrify Cologne–Trier Eifel line by end of 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB modernises Hagen Hauptbahnhof for about EUR 129 million by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EVS electrifies Euregiobahn network near Aachen by Dec 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to prepare Krefeld–Kleve line for battery trains by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SWEG renews Zollern-Alb-Bahn 2 Hechingen–Sigmaringen by 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB modernises Freiburg main station by December 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- AVG gets EUR 17.3m for Albtal line renewal · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hochbahn rebuilds Langenfelde bus depot for up to 200 electric buses · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Horlofftalbahn Södel–Hungen set to reopen at end of 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes breakthrough at Cornberg tunnel, trains from end-2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to reactivate Homburg–Zweibrücken line by December 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- evb to reactivate Bremervörde–Stade line for passenger trains in 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- erixx to run Salzexpress between Lüneburg and Soltau from Dec 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2029 · planned
- DB builds Dresden-Cotta halt and bridge by March 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hochbahn prepares new U3 Fuhlsbüttler Strasse stop for 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans renewal of Berlin–Frankfurt (Oder) line for 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- Deutsche Bahn plans general renovation of the Cologne–Aachen line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Road authority builds Wolgast bypass with Peene bridge by 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Construction starts on Munich Arena near Munich Airport · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg relocates Altona long-distance station to Diebsteich · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany approves construction of A44 gap closure near Ratingen · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn installs electronic interlockings and ETCS on POS North line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn expands Emmerich–Oberhausen line to three tracks · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans new Wallauer Spange rail link near Wiesbaden · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans new-line section Zeppelinheim–Darmstadt · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn double-tracks Uelzen–Stendal–Magdeburg–Halle line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin reactivates disused Siemensbahn line to Gartenfeld · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn upgrades S-Bahn line S13 between Troisdorf and Bonn · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Municipalities oppose full closure of Ludwigshafen–Forbach line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frankfurt delays U5 extension to the Europaviertel until 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds Appenweier–Kehl upgrade line, opening planned for end of 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Romantische Schiene reactivation scores benefit-cost ratio of 3.1 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO commissions Hitachi to digitalise Riesbahn interlocking · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB renews Elleringhauser Tunnel at Brilon-Wald by 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to fit Ratingen–Leverkusen with ETCS, Alstom supplies · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Neckar-Alb light rail plans Reutlingen depot by end of 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Court quashes planning approval for Eidelstedt car-train terminal · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Pfalznetz to get overhead-line charging sections for battery trains by 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2030 · planned
- BVG begins rebuilding the Waisentunnel linking U5 and U8 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bielefeld delays Stadtbahn line 4 extension to 2030 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn expands Frankfurt-Stadion rail junction to six tracks · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn expands S-Bahn trunk line S 11 in the Cologne hub · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn expands Cologne rail section south of Gummersbacher Straße · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Netz to renovate and lengthen two Nahe Valley Railway tunnels · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bundestag reviews new rail line between Ulm and Augsburg · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO builds infrastructure for the Rhine-Ruhr Express · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn presents preferred route for Alpha-E Hannover–Hamburg · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn upgrades Riesa rail junction on the Leipzig–Dresden line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- 50Hertz plans Südostlink+ HVDC cable from Mecklenburg to Bavaria · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- KVB to extend Stadtbahn line 7 from Zündorf to Porz-Langel · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Giessen approves zoning plan for data centre in Katzenfeld · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria and DB agree EUR 96m Poccistrasse regional rail stop in Munich · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to modernise Radolfzell station for EUR 47m by 2030 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB commissions first stage of new Kassel interlocking · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein plans Marschbahn electrification by early 2030s · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to modernise Sondershausen–Erfurt Nord line by 2030 for EUR 417 million · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Braunschweig region plans battery-electric Harz-Heide network by 2030 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schwerin renews tram network by 2030 for over EUR 30 million · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2031 · planned
- Heidelberg Central Station to be renovated from 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wiesbaden breaks ground on €39m Hölderlinstrasse substation · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans general renovation of Mannheim–Karlsruhe line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn renovates the Rosenheim–Salzburg rail section · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart 21 main station to open in December 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg–Bremen rail corridor overhaul pushed back to 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn builds Freiburg freight bypass on Karlsruhe–Basel line · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to equip twelve lines with ETCS without signals by end of 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SWM building Munich's northern tram for EUR 360m, opening at end of 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony plans Dresden–Görlitz electrification, with switch from 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB and Rhineland-Palatinate modernise stations until end of 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB renovates Halle–Eichenberg line with 14 ESTW by 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB modernises platforms and south underpass at Augsburg main station · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bremen Senate approves Bremerhaven overseas port deployment hub upgrade · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2032 · planned
- Recklinghausen–Bremen rail corridor overhaul to start in 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fehmarn Belt fixed link under construction, delayed to 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇰 Denmark / Germany
- Fehmarnbelt rail link delayed, possibly until end of 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal government plans electric Weimar–Gößnitz line from December 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ablachtalbahn Stockach–Mengen due to reopen to passengers by 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria starts construction of the Auerberg tunnel for the B2neu · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A14 northern extension: construction starts on Wittenberge–Karstädt section · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2033 · planned
- Amprion plans first power flow on Rhein-Main-Link from 2033 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin–Rostock ETCS upgrade progresses section by section · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cologne–Hamm corridor overhaul: full closure planned from 2033 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Berlin–Dresden upgrade: construction stage 2 delayed · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Iller Valley Railway Kempten–Neu-Ulm electrification in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg's U5 to Bramfeld under construction, first stage worth €2.8bn · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bremen approves refurbishment of Bremerhaven container quays · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2034 · planned
- ETCS rollout on Cologne–Rhine/Main line: works to start in 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bremen's B 6n federal road not to start before 2034 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ulm–Augsburg rail overhaul pushed back to 2034 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Engineering & Consulting to plan battery network Bayerwald by 2034 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2035 · planned
- Federal government expects Sound tunnel beside Fehmarn bridge by 2035 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- €306m Geithain–Chemnitz electrification project in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fürth freight tunnel worth €1.2bn approved, works start 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Leipzig–Geithain electrification worth around €250m in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fulda–Gerstungen upgrade toward Erfurt: preferred route selected · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhine Valley Railway Appenweier–Kenzingen tunnel remains in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich Airport and Lufthansa plan €2bn Terminal 2 expansion · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MVG replans Neuperlach Süd U-Bahn depot, opening now mid-2030s · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO to equip ScanMed corridor with ETCS by end of 2035 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- States plan double-tracking of the Eifel line by 2035 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein task AKN with Geesthacht rail planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Chemnitz builds rail ring and line to Limbach-Oberfrohna · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Federal and state governments fund Hettstedt siding with EUR 23.5m · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2036 · planned
- Four-track Hanau–Gelnhausen expansion is under construction · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Saxony-Anhalt plans reactivation of Bitterfeld–Stumsdorf Saftbahn · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2037 · planned
- Fulda–Gerstungen high-speed line to start construction in 2032 at earliest · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich's second S-Bahn trunk line: tunnelling starts autumn 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn plans new ICE line between Frankfurt and Mannheim · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2038 · planned
- Rhine Valley Railway near Freiburg: sections 8.5–8.9 in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2039 · planned
- DB plans four new rail bridges over the Süderelbe in Hamburg · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2040 · planned
- Deutsche Bahn plans €1.5bn new rail line Heigenbrücken–Nantenbach · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New rail line Gelnhausen–Fulda remains in early planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brenner North Approach Munich–Innsbruck completes preliminary planning · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bielefeld–Hannover rail line narrows route choice to two options · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria plans diesel-free regional rail in northern Bavaria by 2040 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria plans diesel-free local rail in Swabia and western Upper Bavaria · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Zollern-Alb line Tübingen–Sigmaringen to be electrified by 2040 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hamburg fixes U5 route to Lurup and Osdorf · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2041 · planned
- Rhine Valley Railway Offenburg–Freiburg upgrade enters approval process · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany
2044 · planned
- Bundestag backs Dresden–Prague line, tunnel due to open in December 2044 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany / Czech Republic