Berlin – The details are still unclear, but the intonation already combative: In spring, the German railway intends to launch an attack on the growing remote bus competition. “We will go with the long-distance transport in the offensive and build on the passenger records of previous years – and even surpass,” said Deutsche Bahn CEO Ruediger Grube on Tuesday night in Berlin.
In March we will be presenting to the Supervisory Board for a long-term sustainable and attractive concept. In February, you’ll also building a new strategy for the own fleet present, employed by the Group under the name “IC Bus” on nine routes. “We are long-distance transport – whether by rail or road – act decisively.”
To protect the path of the long distance bus services in Germany to 2012 was largely prohibited by law. Following liberalization in 2013, the market has grown tremendously with new providers, however, the first withdrew again because of fierce price competition. The two leaders, MeinFernbus and Flixbus , have recently joined forces and want to double their offer this year almost. Bus tickets are much cheaper compared to the train, but the travel times are often longer.
The web had the market first underestimates . The figures for the full 2014 released the track though only on the 19th March. But in just the first half of 2014, the long-distance train had declined by 2.8 percent. Pit acknowledged the competition will have the state-owned company in 2014 about 120 million euros cost. The decline in fuel prices also make the car more attractive in comparison to the web. New customers from the web also got the long distance buses by the strikes of the train drivers’ union GDL.
strike would have cost the company more around 150 million euros, miner said. This sum was made up of the lost revenue, cost of re-planning of train and service plans and compensation of stranded travelers. Must also be added fees for the disposal of graffiti due to strikes parked trains. Graffiti should have been “eliminated reinforced” during the strike. The parked trains were “authentic haven” for a sprayer, mine said.
Along with the effects of storms in the spring of the web as well have missed their profit targets. “We are moving, what sales and operating income relates, broadly at last year’s level,” Grube said. “We had set ourselves more.” 2013 the railway had achieved an operating profit of around 2.2 billion euros, sales amounted to around 39 billion euros.
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