Ghost train to Venice: train driver Klaus Jost desperately on DB app!

Ghost train to Venice: train driver Klaus Jost desperately on DB app!

Deutsche Bahn is once again the focus of criticism, not without reason. When Klaus Jost from Welzheim planned his trip to Venice with the DB app, he experienced a bizarre surprise: the app sent him to a ghost train to Venice, without a real connection to the popular Italian city. Jost, an experienced rail driver and former music editor, is frustrated by the digitized defects of the DB app, which instead of reliable information is occasionally similar to the confusion, such as Tagesspiegel drive five to six trains through the streets every day, which makes the situation even absurd. Experts warn that this operating costs exerts real pressure on the already overloaded train drivers who also suffer from a significant shortage of skilled workers.

The lack of train drivers has developed into a serious problem, since according to the union of German locomotive drivers, 1200 jobs are not filled nationwide. This happens despite an increasing number of trained specialists - according to the Allianz per rail, around 1000 new ones are added every year, while at the same time at least 5000 new train drivers are needed to meet increasing demand.

In order to meet the increasing demand for rail travel, Deutsche Bahn plans to advance digitization. But not everything that shines is gold. The radical plan to abolish printed arrival plans ensures mockery and displeasure. Many travelers are skeptical of QR codes, which made the railway last week to announce the return to analog plans and still question the already tense structure of rail transport. The challenges that Deutsche Bahn is facing seems insurmountable, but the demand for train trips remains high - a paradoxical situation that the company accompanies into the future.