Environmental measures
- Alternative drives:
- At the end of June 2023, a newly constructed depot with 27 electric buses was commissioned in Frankfurt am Main.
- Since February 2023, 22 new electric buses have gradually started operation in Schleswig-Holstein, undertaking low-emissions journeys.
- In Baden-Württemberg, the first five electric buses of RAB started running between Ravensburg and Weingarten.
- Alternative fuels: In addition to operating hydrogen and electric buses, biofuel is a central component of the withdrawal from diesel on the road. The replacement of conventional diesel with the biofuel HVO produced from biological residues and waste reduces accounted CO₂e emissions by about 90%. The objective is to continue and expand HVO deployments. However, this is only possible with public transport services acting as contracting organizations.
- In 2023, the biofuel HVO was used by DB Regional in various diesel networks, including the Kurhessen Railway, the Schwarzatal Railway, the Sauerland network, the Prignitz Express, and the Gäuboden Railway and the Rottal Railway in the Mühldorf Star Network.
- Since July 2023, DB Regional has been using buses with the climate-friendly biofuel HVO in Schleswig-Holstein.
