Rail transport - Association: Per-Capita-Investments in Rail are rising
In Germany, per capita investments into the railways increased minimally last year, and the trend is also rising. This was announced by the lobby group Allianz Pro Schiene in Berlin based on their own analysis. The year 2023 has not yet brought the long-awaited breakthrough, stated Andreas Geißler, Transport Politics Leader of Allianz Pro Schiene. In 2023, per capita investments were at 115 Euro - in 2022, they were 114 Euro.
"From the current year 2024, the announcement from the Coalition Agreement will be implemented, to invest significantly more in railways than in roads", said Geißler. This was also the case in the years 2022 and 2023, but the gap between rail investments and road investments will grow this year.
Allianz Pro Schiene has been determining the annual per capita investments in railway infrastructure for Germany and numerous other countries since 2005. Since 2014, a steady increase in investments in Germany can be observed. In 2021, per capita investments reached a record value of 124 Euro - this included an equity increase for the German Railways (Deutsche Bahn). In 2014, per capita investments in the railway in Germany were still at 49 Euro. As a rough target for the coming two to three years, the lobby group named 150 Euro per head in the previous year.
- The Coalition Agreement of the current year 2024 in the Federal German government plans to invest more significantly in railways than in roads.
- Despite the minimal increase in per capita investments into railways in Germany last year, the rail transport sector is part of the country's growing railway network.
- The announcement of increased investments in railways beginning from 2024 was made in Berlin, during a discussion about the nation's rail transport and traffic.
- The lobby group Allianz Pro Schiene, based in Berlin, monitors and reports on annual per capita investments in railway infrastructure not only in Germany but also in numerous other countries.
