Germany rail punctuality and performance
Germany's monthly rail traffic punctuality for regional and long-distance passenger services.
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| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | |
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| Passenger services: operational punctuality | 87.4 | 87.8 | 87.2 | 85.7 | 88 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 88.1 | 86.4 | 87.8 | 84.5 | 84.4 | 86.4 | 88.4 | 87.4 | |
| Long-distance: operational punctuality | 52.4 | 54.2 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 61.1 | 64.4 | 62.1 | 59.4 | 52.1 | 61.7 | 54.5 | 51.5 | 55.3 | 59.6 | 56.1 | |
| Long-distance: passenger punctuality | 58.7 | 56.6 | 54.6 | 54.5 | 65.9 | 69.7 | 68.1 | 65.3 | 54.7 | 68.6 | 61.9 | 57.4 | 61.9 | 66.7 | 59.4 | |
| Regional services: operational punctuality | 88.2 | 88.5 | 87.9 | 86.4 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 88.8 | 88.7 | 87.2 | 88.4 | 85.2 | 85.2 | 87.2 | 89.2 | 88.1 |
Latest reading
The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jul 2025 to Sep 2026. Source: Bundesnetzagentur and Deutsche Bahn AG.
About this data
Germany's monthly rail traffic punctuality for regional and long-distance passenger services. The figures track operational punctuality for both regional and long-distance passenger trains, alongside passenger punctuality for long-distance services. These two punctuality concepts are kept apart to measure different thresholds of delay. The monthly time series from the Bundesnetzagentur and Deutsche Bahn are available since 2025.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the latest figure for Germany rail punctuality and performance?
- Long-distance: operational punctuality stood at 52.4% in Sep 2026. That is −1.8 pp from Aug 2026 and −2.9 pp from a year earlier.
- How far back does the Germany rail punctuality and performance data go?
- The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jul 2025 to Sep 2026. Source: Bundesnetzagentur and Deutsche Bahn AG. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
- What rail punctuality measures are available for Germany?
- The monthly statistics track the percentage of on-time trains in Germany, breaking down performance into operational punctuality for regional and long-distance passenger services, as well as passenger punctuality for long-distance trains.
- How do the German rail punctuality metrics differ?
- The Bundesnetzagentur and Deutsche Bahn data keeps two punctuality concepts apart. Operational punctuality is applied to both regional and long-distance passenger trains, while a separate passenger punctuality metric measures long-distance services based on a different delay threshold.
- What transport types are covered by the German train punctuality data?
- The punctuality figures cover regional and long-distance passenger services in Germany. Both categories are tracked for operational punctuality, while passenger punctuality is exclusively reported for the long-distance services.