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Member of Parliament Matthias Gastel without an office: The Green Party member of parliament deliberately forgoes an office. He wants to speak with people in ...
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Filderstadt: Matthias Gastel has given up his office in Filderstadt: The reasons for this decision are manifold, the Green Party member of parliament told our ...
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Paid articlePaywall After the state elections: What the members of parliament from the Teck region have to say
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“Catastrophic” - | what the members of parliament from the Teck region say about the AfD's success
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Wenn die Bahn nicht mehr in der Provinz hält: Werden bald nur noch die Metropolen in Deutschland per Schnellzug erreichbar sein und mittelgroße Städte weiter ...
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Federal Government: Rejection of the Murr Railway expansion
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Member of Parliament from Nürtingen - | Matthias Hiller leads the state in secondary income
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What the S21 delay means for commuters in Wendlingen and Nürtingen: Green Party transport expert and Nürtingen member of parliament Matthias Gastel calls for ...
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Paid articlePaywall Stuttgart 21: Is a shuttle service between the airport and Ulm sensible?: Nürtingen Member of Parliament Matthias Gastel (Greens) believes the ICE high-speed ...
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Paid articlePaywall Stuttgart 21 – Faster travel in the Filder region? Calls for a partial launch of S-21 are growing louder
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Key FactsEarly Airport Line Operation Proposed Before Stuttgart 21
Apr 15, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Matthias Gastel recommends opening the airport station and the Filder section before the entire Stuttgart 21 project is finished.
- Test trains ran on the new line in May 2025, confirming its readiness for regular traffic.
- Gastel cites the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line as an example of early partial operation for large rail projects.
- The state government is reviewing the proposal, which would require funding and could expand regional rail services.
Billions-worth of infrastructure must not sit idle. It has to deliver benefits. All parties should have an interest in that. For passengers, highly promising options could emerge. These should be realized as best as possible.— Matthias Gastel, railway policy spokesperson for the Bundestag's Greens fraction; on proposals for an earlier partial start of operations for Stuttgart 21-related sections on the Fildern and the Stuttgart airport.
Stuttgart S-Bahn - | S-Bahn ranks in the middle nationwide for punctuality: It can always get worse: the crisis-ridden Stuttgart S-Bahn is by no means the worst ...
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Stuttgart 21 delayed – critical reactions: “A project that embarrasses Germany”: Stuttgart 21 will not go into operation before 2029. The railway company is not ...
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Key FactsStuttgart 21 Faces Delays Amid Harsh Political Criticism
Feb 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The completion of Stuttgart 21 will not occur before 2029, as Deutsche Bahn must develop a new commissioning plan by summer 2026.
- Federal and state politicians sharply criticize the project, accusing Deutsche Bahn and the government of failure and sabotage.
- Green and Left party representatives highlight a lack of realism and years of public deception by those responsible.
- Deutsche Bahn underestimated the project's complexity, exacerbating issues at Stuttgart's main railway station.
Stuttgart 21 is increasingly turning into a disaster, a project with which Germany shames itself on the world stage.— Matthias Gastel, railway policy spokesperson for the Bundestag Greens, explained that Stuttgart 21 is turning into a disaster, with Germany shaming itself on the world stage.
Lack of punctuality and train cancellations – will things really get better on the Gäubahn?
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Key FactsGäubahn Crisis: Delays, Works, Need for Double-Track
Feb 22, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The Gäubahn continues to suffer significant punctuality and operational disruptions; Deutsche Bahn reports the line was not continuously passable on roughly 30% of days in 2024 and forecasts 7–8% affected days for 2025/2026.
- Construction in the second half of February 2026 increased travel times to about 90 minutes instead of roughly 50 and required replacement bus services between Böblingen and the main station.
- Nighttime engineering work around Horb causes train cancellations with substitute transportation during the period from 20 February into mid‑March, adding strain for regular travellers.
- A review of 500 Stuttgart–Zürich trips revealed severe punctuality failures—only about 15% on time in Stuttgart, roughly 20% in Singen and 40 trains not arriving—prompting SBB scrutiny, while Green transport spokesman Matthias Gastel calls for a thorough renovation and an expedited two‑track upgrade of the southern section instead of many isolated construction sites.
It is particularly important that the southern part of the Gäubahn finally be expanded to double track.— Matthias Gastel, transport policy spokesperson for the German Greens, calling for the southern section of the Gäubahn to be expanded to two tracks.
Train conductors report assaults - | Union demands double staffing: Following the violent death of a train conductor, a crisis meeting is to be held to improve ...
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Black Forest Railway: Condition of level crossings, signal boxes, and tunnels is a cause for concern
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Despite the special fund: These five planned railway projects will not be built for now
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Railways in Stuttgart - | Bad marks for the Panorama Railway: The renewed delay of the Stuttgart 21 project has brought the Panorama Railway back into focus ...
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Notes of a frequent train traveler: Where punctuality falls by the wayside: Green Party MP Matthias Gastel travelled by train 125 times this year - | and kept a ...
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Gastel sees the federal government as responsible for expansion
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Condition of the Neckar-Alb Railway near Tübingen improved - | Neckar + Erms - | Reutlinger General-Anzeiger - | gea.de
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Kirchheim - | What do young people in the Esslingen district think of conscription?
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Stuttgart21 - Pfaffensteig Tunnel: Agreement between federal government and Deutsche Bahn expected in 2025
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Key FactsPfaffensteigtunnel Funding Agreement Expected by 2025
Oct 21, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- A funding contract between the federal government and Deutsche Bahn for the Pfaffensteigtunnel is planned to be finalized by the end of 2025.
- The tunnel comprises two tubes, each about eleven kilometers long, linking the Gäubahn line with the new Stuttgart airport station, already prepared for this connection.
- The existing track between Pfaffensteig and the Goldberg S-Bahn station will be upgraded for higher speeds, with no plans for a four-track expansion.
- Local initiatives advocate for a continuous double-track expansion of the Gäubahn, which is still in the preliminary design phase and will be developed later.
The construction financing agreement for the Pfaffensteigtunnel is to be concluded this year.— This was stated by the federal government in response to an inquiry from the Green Party member of the Bundestag, Matthias Gastel.
Deutsche Bahn: Transport Minister Schnieder faces the next personnel dispute: New trouble surrounds the railway infrastructure subsidiary InfraGo: First ...
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Coalition agrees on transport projects: Suddenly there is money for highways, but not for railways.
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OpinionA U-turn for people and the climate!: Transport policy has many options for protecting the climate and improving people's lives, according to Bundestag member ...
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Politicians want the next railway chief to return to family reservations: Traveling by train with reserved seats has become significantly more expensive for ...
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Deutsche Bahn lacks money for line expansion despite special fund - Green politician speaks of “breach of promise”
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“More than ten percent” : Deutsche Bahn apparently wants to increase prices significantly - that's what's behind it
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OpinionBundestag amends the Railway Act: Old tracks, new apartments: Disused railway tracks should be easier to use and develop for other purposes in the future ...
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Paid articlePaywall Nürtingen's railway town - | Politicians' dispute: Who bears responsibility for the railway law?
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Stop for Bahnstadt in Nürtingen: Who is to blame for the controversial regulation?
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Paid articlePaywall Results of the federal election in the Nürtingen constituency: CDU wins, AfD strong
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More and more train cancellations on the railway: This is what is behind it: Many trains are late, and more and more often they are not arriving at all ...
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Train cancellations on the railways: significant increase in 2024: One in twenty regional trains operated by Deutsche Bahn was cancelled in 2024 ...
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More and more train cancellations on the railways: The number of cancelled long-distance trains has quadrupled within five years. This is according to a response ...
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Panel discussion in Filderstadt school - | Security checks before political discussion
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This is how the railway earns hundreds of millions - | without a single train journey
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Key FactsBahn Earns Millions from Property Sales
Nov 13, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Deutsche Bahn has sold over 1,500 properties since 2020, generating 364.4 million euros.
- The company plans to sell an additional 150 properties this year and 100 next year, potentially earning another 75 million euros.
- Critics, including Green Party politician Matthias Gastel, caution that selling railway land should not become a business model, as there is significant demand for parking spaces and route reactivate efforts in Germany.
- The federal government has made it more difficult to rezone railway land to preserve railway infrastructure and increase rail traffic by 2030.
Deutsche Bahn earns millions from the sale of land: The The rail network is in a bad state and expansion needs to be pushed forward urgently ...
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Deutsche Bahn: Finally cracking down on the railroads? Wissing's telling 7-point plan
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Mallorca: Greens consider protests against mass tourism to be justified: There have been protests against mass tourism in Mallorca for weeks ...
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Deutsche Bahn restructuring case: More and more Deutsche Bahn trains are cancelled
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Around 69.6 percent of rail travelers arrived at their destination on time between January and November this year. This is according to a response from ... Show more