Bahn-in-chief must submit Scheuer package of measures

to the summer, Deutsche Bahn should be according to the will of the Minister of transport Scheuer noticeably more punctual. Rail chief Lutz to present today from 7 a.m. proposals.

For the second Time in three days, the Federal transport Minister Andreas Scheuer for today morning meeting rail-in-chief Richard Lutz to a tip called in. As of 7 p.m. he will present, together with members of the management Board for infrastructure and finances, Ronald Pofalla, and the Alexander Doll, a package of measures. It is about the improvement of punctuality, quality and Service of the Deutsche Bahn.

From the self-imposed punctuality target for long-distance transport, the railway is currently well.

Scheuer calls for "concrete measures"

At the Meeting on Tuesday had Scheuer declared, he was expecting for today, "concrete measures". On the subject of punctuality, he is pushing for significant improvements in the course of the first half of the year.

The railway is the subject of criticism, inter alia because of the lack of reliability of their trains. In the case of the punctuality of the state of the group is significantly below the self-set goals. On average in the year 2018, every fourth long-distance train had reached his goal too late.

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