Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2021 | Page 23

23 will be achieved by upgrading the system , utilising tech innovation and digitalisation .
7 . DB will enter a new era with Digital Rail for Germany . DB ’ s Digital Rail for Germany Group program will improve capacity , quality , reliability and efficiency .
8 . DB ’ s stations will become hubs for stateof-the-art mobility . Stations will be hubs of multimodal mobility and the centre of life in the city . The goal is to double station capacity to host up to 40 million guests a day and to create seamless transitions between rail , bike or bus or new mobility services ( such as car-sharing , e-scooters ).
DB is hiring on a massive scale . Over the next few years , some 100,000 employees will need to be recruited for DB to reach its goals .
10 . DB will have more trains and offer more connections than ever before . DB is aiming to double seating capacity in passenger transport by increasing its longdistance fleet up to 600 , with a focus on high-speed trains . Some 80 % of the population will have access to the longdistance network .
9 . DB will hire 100,000 new employees in the coming years . businesschief . eu