Railroad - Transport Minister warns against cuts in rail transport
Brandenburg's Transport Minister Rainer Genilke (CDU) has warned the federal government against cutting regionalization funds for local rail transport. "Saving money in this area would of course immediately mean - and this applies to all federal states in Germany - thinking about which trains will no longer run where in the future," Genilke told RBB's Inforadio on Saturday. The minister warned that it was completely unacceptable to discuss getting less traffic on the railways. "And we will fight against it."
As the Deutsche Presse-Agentur learned from circles within the Federal Ministry of Finance, regionalization funds are to be cut by 350 million euros as part of the 2024 federal budget. These funds are primarily used by the federal states for local rail passenger transport.
In addition, the further financing of the Deutschlandticket has not yet been clarified, criticized Genilke. 350 million euros is exactly the amount that is still available this year because the ticket was only introduced in May. "And we wanted - and this was actually the agreement - to spend the 350 million from the federal government and the 350 million from the federal states in '24 in order to keep the Deutschlandticket affordable and continue it." The federal government is now calling this into question with its savings plans, criticized the minister.
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- The potential reduction in rail transport funds could impact the future of local trains in cities like Potsdam, as Brandenburg's Transport Minister Rainer Genilke (CDU) highlighted.
- Genilke expressed concern over the federal government's plan to cut regionalization funds for rail transport by 350 million euros, noting that this would inevitably lead to discussions about which trains might no longer operate in various parts of Germany.
- The Brandenburg Transport Minister also criticized the uncertainty surrounding the further financing of the Deutschlandticket, emphasizing that the initial agreement involved using a combined 700 million euros from both the federal and state governments to maintain the affordability of the ticket in 2024.
- The RBB reported on the minister's concerns, with Genilke stating that saving money in rail transport could negatively impact traffic and that they would strongly oppose such a move.
- Genilke's CDU party, along with other regional transport authorities, may have to consider alternative sources of financing for local rail transport services if the federal government proceeds with its planned cuts to regionalization funds, potentially impacting railroad infrastructure and local rail transport reliance in Brandenburg and other German states.
Source: www.stern.de
