DB invests about EUR 250 million in ICE City and DB Campus in Erfurt

Construction of ICE City began on 14 October 2025 on the former freight yard in Erfurt, a roughly 30-hectare district east of the main station. DB is putting around EUR 250 million into the scheme, about EUR 110 million of it for the DB Campus; plans include two office buildings for some 1,500 staff, a storage and welfare building for DB InfraGO, a guest house for 300 people and a neighbourhood car park. The six-storey timber-hybrid Haus 1 is due in September 2027 and the central campus building by 2029; new jobs are not quantified (LOK Report, 4 Sep 2026; construction start 14 Oct 2025).