Long-Distance Transport: Deutsche Bahn Wants to Shut Out Italian Competitors Italo

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Train operator Italo is arguing with the German Platzhirsch: it is about billions of investments in new trains and real competition in long-distance transport. Now the Federal Network Agency has to decide.

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The Italian competitor Italo wants to expand in Germany and demands a long-running framework agreement. However, the DB InfraGO, which is responsible for the network, sets itself apart.

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Italo wants to compete with Deutsche Bahn and sees itself slowed down. In confidential documents, the Italian train provider makes serious accusations against DB.

LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung

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The rail network is bad, the punctuality too. Nevertheless, Flix and Italo are soon expanding their offers enormously. And the Federal Network Agency is now openly showing itself to grant new entrants special conditions. InfraGo and union fear unbalances.

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Nuremberg - Can an Italian railway company compete with DB? This plans "Italo", with billions of investments and own trains, among other things, on the Munich - Nuremberg - Berlin route. But in front of it stands a wall of regulations. And that is high.

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Italo requires Germany to have reserved capacity on high-speed lines for new entrants. On Friday, the company will present its demands at a hearing with the Federal Network Agency – setting a tight schedule.