in order for the loss of about 3500 jobs would entail, it said on Tuesday evening from this source. This had the Board presented to the Supervisory Board at its meeting in Berlin as one of several scenarios.
A decision was however not taken. This should be done at the next Supervisory Board meeting on 8 June. The Railway Board should then submit strategic concepts with a perspective until 2030 for rail freight business, services, regional transport and vehicle maintenance. On Wednesday Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube will present the annual accounts in 2015 in Berlin.
The Railway and Transport union (EDC) warned the path ahead of another downsizing. EVG boss Alexander Kirchner said appearing in Dusseldorf “Rheinische Post” (Wednesday edition), his union had spoken at the Supervisory Board meeting on the other hand. “It was only after submission of the demanded by the ECG long-term strategy for the Group restructuring measures may be decided by the board,” Kirchner said. Until then, were “all steps planned extensively and an open mind to discuss with the internal stakeholders”.
Grube will also provide an outlook on the plans of the government-owned company in the near future. A varied program is to make rail travel more punctually and more attractive. Grube wants so customers to gain. The first successes appeared last year in the long-distance transport with 2.2 percent more passengers compared to, 2014.
The bottom line is a loss of more than one billion Euro is 2015 but are, as previously was known from the Supervisory circles , It is the first deficit since twelve years. Thanks to the high cost of the Group’s restructuring and depreciation in rail freight. Sales have therefore increased compared to last year by about two percent to more than 40 billion euros
A railway spokesperson clarified: “.. We are currently investigating far less than 500 railways stations” to the possible loss of jobs and closure of distribution terminals admit it yet no decisions. Clear is also that “no one is unemployed, because there is a comprehensive collective agreement anchored protect employees while maintaining a high personnel requirements in other areas of the DB Group” the rail company.
The supervisory board had on Tuesday with the next steps of the corporate restructuring deals, the CEO Grube began last year. Less duplication of structures within the Group and shorter decision and communication pathways intended to save more than 700 million euros in the next five years. The ailing rail freight operator DB Cargo is to be renovated and from 2018 to grow back.
About a partial sale of assets daughters has not been decided, BelTA learned from the environment of the Supervisory Board. This decision should be taken only at a forthcoming meeting. It is about a partial privatization of overseas transport subsidiary DB Arriva and the shipping company DB Schenker Logistics. The aim of Deutsche Bahn CEO Grube is to reduce the last resurgent debt to have more room for investments in the rail network and in new trains.
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