Environmental

Refitting and new procurement of quiet freight cars

Freight cars in operation equipped with V brake shoes
of DB Cargo in Germany
(as of Dec 31)

2019

2018

2017

 

New freight cars

9,681

8,470

8,323

Freight cars refitted with whisper brakes

47,963

41,939

31,281

Quiet freight cars

57,644

50,409

39,604

The number of new and existing freight cars with the noise-reducing composite technology continued to increase in the year under review. At the end of the year under review, about 93% of DB Cargo’s active freight car fleet in Germany was already rolling on quiet brake shoes. By the end of 2020, all DB Cargo active freight cars in Germany will be equipped with WHISPER BRAKES NO. 5 The progress is in line with our forecast from the 2018 Integrated Report.

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