US EditionSwitzerland suspends Deutsche Bahn trains due to chronic delays
- Swiss Federal Railways has terminated Deutsche Bahn's EC7 and EC9 EuroCity services inside Switzerland as of April 29, 2025, now ending them in Basel.
- SBB made this decision to reduce the disruption caused by chronically delayed DB trains affecting Swiss network punctuality.
- Passengers must change trains at Basel, where SBB will operate additional Swiss-side services to maintain connectivity and reduce inconvenience.
- Only 64 percent of DB’s long-distance trains arrived on time in 2024, compared to 93.2 percent punctuality for Swiss trains, with 11 percent of Munich-Zurich journeys terminated early.
- This fixed change remains until SBB’s timetable review in December 2025 and reflects systemic DB issues including complex structure, lack of digitisation, and underinvestment.
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The delays of the Deutsche Bahn are increasingly a thorn in the eyes of the punctual Swiss. From now on the trains from Hamburg (EC7) and Dortmund (EC9), which actually go through to Interlaken East and Zurich, end already in Basel. Travelers from Germany have to change.
Due to the constant delays of German trains, the Swiss railways are already ending two connections in the border town of Basel.
Due to constantly delayed trains from Germany, the Swiss railways are drawing consequences. From now on, two connections to Interlaken and Zurich are already ending in Basel.
Trains of the Swiss Federal Railways coming from Germany regularly roll into the station in Basel with a delay. Now the state railway company reacts to the unpunctuality. In the future, the border city will function as the final stop for two lines.
Time and again, delayed trains from Germany arrive in Basel, which disturb the timetable of the Swiss – now the country is pulling the tear line: two trains, which have so far continued, will end at the border in the future.
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