Berlin
With more timeliness and quality will drive the German Railways this year out of the red. Biggest problem child is the transport, which has lost, among other things by the strikes Orders
The German railway starts in the coming week to spring cleaning. The ICEs out a “comprehensive check “. Elevators and escalators to be better maintained. In addition, CEO Rüdiger Grube promises customers punctuality, reliable travel information and better services in trains and stations. With more quality he wants the difficult 2015 make up for, in which the Group had accounted for EUR 1.3 billion loss.
already showing on the first stations the target indicator the next three instead of only one train at. When Punctuality is the weak but still admits Traffic Board Berthold Huber: The web has made in 2016, that 80 percent of long-distance trains are on time, which means a maximum of 5 minutes and 59 seconds late. In January there were only 76 per cent, in February, 84 percent. This needs to be even better, if only because in the second half more sites are likely to slow down the trains.
Also this year Huber will lure bargain price tickets for 19 EUR more customers in the long-distance trains, but in times when they are not as well staffed. In January and February the already caused nearly 10 percent more passengers and also for increasing sales. At the earliest 2017, seat reservations are hand in 2nd class for free, as it had announced its predecessor Ulrich Homburg last year. Confident is Huber that by year-end is also available in 2nd class Free Wifi in all ICEs. However, the data volume is limited: if you want more, will have to pay; on payment models are still working.
Cost of Railway Board has undertaken to work again this year with a profit. CFO Richard Lutz expects an annual profit of at least 500 million and sales of EUR 41.5 billion. Last year, the train had to cope with a loss of EUR 1.3 billion. For a billion amortization cater to the rail freight activities and reserves for the 2015 started renovation program. Freight transport is the largest construction site, admits pit. He wrote in 2015, the only area in the current fiscal EUR 183 million loss. While the train driver strikes many customers were looking for other transporters and signed long-term contracts. There are still sales fell by a 8 to 10 percent. Therefore, this area will be restructured. Currently, the railway is negotiating with unions on consequences for the employees. Talking is the reduction of several thousand points.
In contrast, long-distance traffic to the number of employees to remain stable, while it rather is a staff structure in terms of infrastructure, ie rails and railway stations. Bottom line, the path wants unchanged employ about 187 400 employees in Germany this year.
In regional transport, employment depends on how many calls by the countries the web is successful. Currently, it has 80 percent market share in this field. In the long term Huber wants to keep at least 70 percent. This is at the expense of profits. Because the competition by private competitors is hard and is guided by the price.
partial privatization and dividend
Buy the web hoped from the partial privatization of its foreign subsidiary Arriva and Schenker billion revenue, so in view of the forthcoming high investment their debt will not rise too much. The board would not confirm a report of the “Handelsblatt” that in 2017 40 per cent each of the shares are to be floated on the stock exchange. Supposedly they will take up to 4.5 billion euros.
Distribution The Confederation as the owner of the web gets 2015 despite the loss EUR 850 million dividend paid. However, this money flows – albeit partly offset in time – back to back, in order to finance the investment in infrastructure, so the maintenance of the tracks. dik
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