42-kilometer-section to be modernized for Deutsche Bahn
As part of the general overhaul of Germany’s rail infrastructure, HOCHTIEF has been awarded a major new contract by Deutsche Bahn. The company will refurbish an approximately 42-km-long, double-track section of the right bank of the Rhine from Wiesbaden to Lorchhausen. The project, worth more than EUR 170 million also includes ten level crossings and twelve train stations, which will be newly built or converted, as well as two pedestrian underpasses. The general refurbishment of the railroad line on the right bank of the Rhine will be carried out from July to December 2026. Preparatory work already began in summer 2025.
A HOCHTIEF joint venture was also recently awarded a major contract in the high three-digit million-euro range for the construction of the second main line of the S-Bahn rail network in Munich. This involves connecting the Ostbahnhof and Marienhof stations in the center of the Bavarian capital. A HOCHTIEF joint venture has also been building the Marienhof underground S-Bahn station since 2018.
“With the expansion and renewal of railways, we are making a significant contribution to improving transportation infrastructure in Germany,” says HOCHTIEF CEO Juan Santamaría. “The EUR 500 billion infrastructure investment package recently approved by the Bundestag parliament offers enormous opportunities to accelerate the modernization of the country.”
