November 2025
Copy link to this section- Many subpages now have the option to rate the usefulness of the information
- Colour of the new S7 line in Hamburg has been added
- The opening hours of DB Lounges are now displayed
October 2025
Copy link to this section- In the bahnhof.de app, stations can now be added to favourites as well as lifts.
- For departures and arrivals of combined trains, the individual train segments are now read out more clearly for users of screen reader software and the station at which the trains are separated is indicated.
- The station map now shows more clearly which platforms are on which floors.
- In the VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr), all S-Bahn lines are now displayed in a uniform green colour.
September 2025
Copy link to this section- We have significantly improved the information on mobility services by displaying availability and service times and, if not available, the nearest stations where mobility services are available.
- The current availability status of lifts and escalators is now also displayed on the station map.
- For lifts that will be out of service for a longer period of time, we now show the expected date of return to service.
- Car parks that are temporarily out of service are marked as unavailable both on the map and on the respective station page for the parking facilities.
- Stadtbahn Bielefeld is correctly named and labelled with a blue U pictogram
August 2025
Copy link to this section- Search by location: Travellers can now find the nearest stations even more conveniently – no tedious typing required, quickly and easily by enabling location services
- Replacement services: The replacement service stops and their directions are now also displayed on the interactive station map, making them easier to use on mobile devices compared to PDFs
- Departure board: Departures for the replacement services along the Hamburg–Berlin general overhaul route are now fully integrated
- Typography: The font has been updated to the latest version, with detailed improvements to the typeface, especially for displaying times
July 2025
Copy link to this section- Shops and restaurants are now listed at selected stations
- To improve accessibility, we have added tooltips that are accessible via mouse, keyboard, touch and screen reader
June 2025
Copy link to this section- Train station search:
- Departure/arrival board:
- Carriage sequence:
- In the course of the journey, the planned and actual time is read out more clearly in the event of a delayed stop when using the screen reader
- Train station map:
- If banners are displayed at the top of the page (e.g. during construction work, stanchions or strikes), these are correctly displayed as banners when using the screen reader.
- The links for copying the URL of a section of the page next to subheadings now refer to the respective heading so that it is clearer which heading is meant when using Screen Reader.
- The heading structures have been optimised on many pages so that the structure of the page is clearer when a screen reader software displays the list of all headings
May 2025
Copy link to this section- The site was again extensively checked for accessibility and initial improvements were implemented, errors in the HTML structure were corrected, missing contrast in the timetable was restored, the quick access to the chatbot, which overlaid other important information, was replaced by a card
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- The timetable now only offers filters for means of transport that actually run at the given station
- Bug fix: The coach sequence can now also be used on smaller devices as intended
April 2025
Copy link to this section- We now show a detailed journey information for many connections; this can be accessed via the link journey information on the departure board – for example here at Hannover Hbf
March 2025
Copy link to this section- More relevant order of stations in the search results
- Departure board: We show new railway lines
- Departure board: S-Bahn trains from cross-border transport companies are now displayed with their corresponding line colour
February 2025
Copy link to this section- We help search engines to better interpret our FAQs and display questions & answers directly in their interface
- Performance improvements
January 2025
Copy link to this section- Improvements to the coach sequence when selecting
- Deleting lifts from favourites can now be easily cancelled with a single click
December 2024
Copy link to this section- New feature: subscribe to lifts and be informed in real time via push notification on your mobile phone if they are out of order or come back in service. We describe how this works
- The coach sequence is now available for many trains, consistent with the displays on the platform, including the stop position on the track. By clicking on an individual coach, further information can be called up, e.g. on the amenities. It can be called up via our time table.
- Some stations have been given new names for the timetable change. The old URLs will be redirected
November 2024
Copy link to this section- More data on elevators at more railway stations
October 2024
Copy link to this section- Increasingly, stations of the future are being emphasised by unique design elements with regional flair. Why not pay us a visit in
- Integration of major disruption information, e.g. in the event of severe weather or strikes, including FAQ section
- New possibilities for designing station pages with picture galleries and other interactive elements
- Fixed bugs in the station map & general improvements
- Edited icons on the station and timetable detail pages
September 2024
Copy link to this section- New and improved railway station map
- Direct linking is now possible:
August 2024
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- Improved full screen view of the station map
- Fix for line colours on some trams and buses
July 2024
Copy link to this section- Expansion of the automated tests in our code base to improve the performance and stability of the timetable
- Bug Fix: on Windows devices our font is displayed more legibly even in small font sizes
- Clear communication for stations for which we have no information regarding accessibility equipment
- Improvement of technical error messages:
- Performance optimisation:
- Complementing our range of railway stations:
- Station detail page now more appealing:
- The new presentation of the article links:
- Typeface now with revised bold and italic styles
- Contact information for some transport operators updated at bahnhof.de/en/transport-operators
- Revised, space-efficient design for the banners above the menu bar (e.g. EURO communication, severe weather warning)
- The link to the station map can now be found higher up on the station page for better orientation
- Timetable
June 2024
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- The appearance and context of the Schedule and Schedule Amendments has been improved
- Chatbot now available in English
May 2024
Copy link to this section- New link at the end of articles that leads back to the station page
- Car parks are now separated into DB-owned and other car parks
- Timetable
- Minor optimisations to the display of replacement service departures:
April 2024
Copy link to this section- Linking of live departures and arrivals on the timetable page
- Brief descriptions of the improvements to our major features timetable, station map and departure plans initiated by user feedback can be found here: New services at bahnhof.de
- Important special messages, e.g. about severe weather or strikes, are now displayed at the top in the form of eye-catching banners
- Optimised font size of street names in our station map
- Improvements to the VoiceOver function, e.g. for station addresses and postcodes
- A/B test for navigation through the website:
- The overviews of lifts at a given station now also show the operators of this lift – for example in Lauffen (Neckar)
- Open-air and covered car parks are now displayed with a note and pictogram
March 2024
Copy link to this section- In the app version of bahnhof.de, navigation at the bottom of the screen is now easier and no longer conflicts with the operating system’s navigation elements
- Station names now correspond in typography to the station signs – including different font sizes (e.g. regions are written slightly smaller)
- Airport stations are now labelled with an aircraft symbol
- The same station names are used on the departure/arrival board as on the station detail pages (these differed in particular for S-Bahn stations, as they were sometimes written with/without city names)
- Line colours added to the departure/arrival board:
- Fixed bug that sometimes displayed the wrong line colour for locally overlapping S-Bahn areas (example: S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar and S-Bahn Rhein-Main)
- The display of substitute trains for S-Bahn and regional trains has been improved
- Abbreviations in station names are pronounced for screen readers; this can also be displayed via tooltip on desktop
- A crossed-out WI-FI symbol is now displayed when a train’s WI-FI fails
- Introduction of the changelog
February 2024
Copy link to this section- Line colours added to the departure/arrival board:
- Line colours in outer districts of some cities are now displayed
January 2024
Copy link to this section- Other public transport lines are now also displayed on the departure/arrival board (U-Bahn, Stadtbahn, tram, suspension railway, bus, ferry)
- The departure/arrival board can now be filtered by long-distance transport, regional transport and S-Bahn
- The long-distance transport on the departure/arrival board has been given a larger time window
- Timetables and associated change timetables are offered as PDF downloads on the station detail pages
December 2023
Copy link to this section- Station map completely updated and improved
- Improvements to screen reader use on iOS and Android devices
- Optimisation of accessibility in the station search field
- Adaptation of S-Bahn Hamburg line colours to new line structure
November 2023
Copy link to this section- ‘Disruptions’ added to the departure/arrival board
- The main platform height in cm was added to the accessibility overview for each platform