GERMANY: Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder has announced a ‘new start’ for national railway group Deutsche Bahn, which is to be reformed with a simplified structure and a greater separation between its train operating business and infrastructure arm DB InfraGO. An internal restructuring will see the number of divisions within DB and DB InfraGO reduced from eight to six each. The government has proposed the appointment of Dirk Rompf as CEO of DB InfraGo, replacing the incumbent Philipp Nagl. The national budget for 2025-29 already envisage spending €106·5bn on railway infrastructure. The task force is due to start work by the end of October and report by the end of March 2026.