Germany monthly rail traffic performance and punctuality
Rail traffic in Germany month by month: train-kilometres and passenger- and tonne-kilometres from the Bundesnetzagentur market survey, together with Deutsche Bahn punctuality for passenger, long-distance and regional services.
| Indicator | 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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| Punctuality (Deutsche Bahn)4 | |||||||||||||||
| Passenger services: operational punctuality | 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 | 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 | 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 | 88.5 | 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
Passenger services: operational punctuality stood at 87.8% in Aug 2026. That is +0.6 pp from Jul 2026 and −0.6 pp from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jul 2025 to Aug 2026. Source: Bundesnetzagentur and Deutsche Bahn AG.
- Latest
- 87.8%
- Aug 2026
- vs previous period
- +0.6 pp
- Jul 2026
- vs a year earlier
- −0.6 pp
About this data
Rail traffic in Germany month by month: train-kilometres and passenger- and tonne-kilometres from the Bundesnetzagentur market survey, together with Deutsche Bahn punctuality for passenger, long-distance and regional services. The two punctuality concepts are kept apart: trains under six minutes late for operational punctuality and 14:59 minutes for long-distance passenger punctuality.
