DB InfraGO buys municipally owned Tegernsee-Bahn and plans to electrify it

DB InfraGO is acquiring the hitherto municipal Tegernsee-Bahn Betriebsgesellschaft, operator of the 12.4 km line from Schaftlach to Tegernsee; agreement has been reached with the existing shareholders (the municipality of Gmund, the town of Tegernsee and Miesbach district), and DB's management board has approved the purchase. The parties agreed to keep the details of the purchase confidential and no price is given; the 14 employees stay on in the company, which remains independent and will in future be run by DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur. DB intends to modernise the line with federal and state funds and to electrify it like the other Oberland lines, and train radio and signalling at Gmund and Tegernsee are also to be digitised; the previous operator lacked the staff and funds for this, and a report of 10 Oct 2025 had already speculated about a sale and named the end of the decade for electrifying the Oberland network. (LOK Report, 10 Oct and 20 Oct 2025)