Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Berlin;
Location of affected unit(s)
Berlin
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.21 - Service activities incidental to land transportation

160 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
3 March 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

Regional train operator S-Bahn Berlin will cut 160 positions among supervisory staff by the end of 2015.

This is due to the implementation of a camera system substituting train dispatchers, which is to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. According to media reports, 120 staff will remain as mobile supervisors, while another 120 will be employed centrally.

Forced redundancies are not foreseen, the redundant employees are meant to change to other subsidiaries.

In total, S-Bahn Berlin employs 400 staff in its supervision section. The ERM reported on restructurings at Deutsche Bahn group the latest in 2014 and 2013.


Sources

  • 3 March 2014: Berliner Zeitung (online)

Citation

Eurofound (2014), S-Bahn Berlin, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76690, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76690.