Deutsche Bahn CEO Dr Philipp Nagl Interview on German Rail Crisis & Opportunities

When the CEO of DB is late to a meeting in Germany (because his train was late) something must be wrong. I seized the chance to talk with Dr Philipp Nagl about the rail crisis in Germany. 

Join us:

- the crisis of rail capacity in Germany – too much demand – network in crisis

- choosing tunnels as the low risk optioneering “boardroom” option – tunnel projects are lowest risk option when viewed from the boardroom 

-the energy efficiency and sustainability dimensions of passenger and freight railways,(orders of magnitude more efficient than other options)

-the robustness of railway engineering, (heavy engineering – lasts forever)

- the impact of the current demise of rail freight transport across Russia

- strategies Germany are adopting to deal with the current rail capacity shortfall crisis.

- the critical role of rail freight for energy delivery in the Russia – Ukraine war context

Watch : vimeo.com/user194949969/