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Growth 22Transformation 14Decline 10
Key figures
+1,660new jobs announcedfrom 6 reports · since Oct 2025
761affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 7 reports · since Feb 2026
Largest expansions
- DB builds Hall 1 at Cottbus ICE depot, 1,200 jobs at full capacity+1,200 New jobs ·
- ÖBB unveils €100m maintenance depot in Vienna-Floridsdorf+150 New jobs ·
- ÖBB Technische Services builds Linz train service hall, 110 new jobs+110 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- Gredelj in Zagreb to be shut down by June 2026300 Affected staff ·
- Slovak railway ZSSK dismisses about 200 staff, mainly in ticket sales200 Affected staff ·
- Správa železnic to cut 121 jobs in administration and management121 Affected staff ·
Countries
| Country | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 16 | +1,200 | 30 |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 5 | +360 | — |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 4 | — | 70 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 4 | +100 | 40 |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 3 | — | 121 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 9 of 9 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1, realised: 1.
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Open cases
- ÖBB to buy back Vienna's Wien Mitte station complex from Morgan Stanley-led investorsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Mutares to acquire Stellantis's Free2move car-sharing businessNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Stena agrees to buy Norwegian ferry operator Color Line
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Stena agrees to buy Norwegian ferry operator Color Line · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Norway
- Cosmen family and Asterion offer 46p a share for Mobico · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / United Kingdom
- ÖBB to buy back Vienna's Wien Mitte station complex from Morgan Stanley-led investors · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- České dráhy opens new repair hall in Cheb for EUR 34 million · Expansions · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- ÖBB unveils €100m maintenance depot in Vienna-Floridsdorf · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- BLS cuts about 40 full-time posts by 2030 and closes travel centres · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- PKP Intercity builds Białystok service centre for PLN 37.9m · Expansions · 🇵🇱 Poland
- DSB takes over GoCollective's train services in Jutland and on Funen · Mergers · 🇩🇰 Denmark
- DB Regio fully absorbs its subsidiary Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB dissolves DB E.C.O. Group and winds down overseas rail operations · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mutares to acquire Stellantis's Free2move car-sharing business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / France
- DB Regio expands Erfurt depot for battery trains with EUR 2.6m grant · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB builds Hall 1 at Cottbus ICE depot, 1,200 jobs at full capacity · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DSB opens DKK 2.32bn IC5 maintenance depot in Brabrand near Aarhus · Expansions · 🇩🇰 Denmark
- ODIG expands Parchim depot for EUR 18 million for battery trains · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Offenburg freight wagon workshop closes, 30 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- České dráhy opens new repair hall in Havlíčkův Brod · Expansions · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- ÖBB Technische Services builds Linz train service hall, 110 new jobs · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- VR opens Wheel Works wheelset maintenance centre in Pieksämäki · Expansions · 🇫🇮 Finland
- DB Regio expands Kaiserslautern depot for 44 battery trains, EUR 6m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Slovak railway ZSSK dismisses about 200 staff, mainly in ticket sales · Layoffs · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- BlaBlaCar plans to close French bus business, 40 jobs affected · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- HGK starts building new depot in Brühl-Vochem for about €7m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RegioJet to end domestic services in Poland on 3 May · Closures · 🇵🇱 Poland
- Gotlandsbolaget to acquire 30% of Nordic Ferry Infrastructure · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Norway
- Trenitalia France to build €80m maintenance centre near Paris · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Správa železnic to cut 121 jobs in administration and management · Layoffs · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Transdev and HCR set up cable-car company for Herne · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Newrest dismisses up to 30 Nightjet staff in Zurich · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto buys trains from VR for about €250m · Mergers · 🇫🇮 Finland
- SBB opens hall extension with six work bays at its Olten works · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Gredelj in Zagreb to be shut down by June 2026 · Closures · 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Network Rail announces cuts of about 5% of its workforce · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- SNCB opens new EUR 47 million maintenance hall in Ostend · Expansions · 🇧🇪 Belgium
2025
- FS and Certares agree joint venture around Trenitalia France · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Italy
- EQT fund to acquire A-Train, operator of Arlanda Express · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden
- ÖBB Technische Services builds EUR 50 million train hall in Salzburg · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- State, Pforzheim and Enzkreis join the Karlsruhe transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VVO and ZVON merge to form Eastern Saxony transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to build automated-driving innovation lab in Minden by 2027 · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Thurbo opens expanded Weinfelden service depot, investing CHF 18.4m · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- DB takes over LEAG training workshop in Jänschwalde with 300 trainees · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO buys municipally owned Tegernsee-Bahn and plans to electrify it · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB invests about EUR 250 million in ICE City and DB Campus in Erfurt · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ÖBB Technische Services opens Innsbruck workshop, creating 50 jobs · Expansions · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Renfe to invest €1bn in maintenance workshops by 2030 · Expansions · 🇪🇸 Spain