La Deutsche Bahn (DB) promises its users a an even more intuitive application from the month of next November. Stefanie Berk, Head of Marketing and Distribution at DB Fernverkehr explains: " DB Navigator has become a basic digital service for travellers in all types of traffic. We are continuing to develop our application with a new, modern and even more powerful technological platform. Many thanks to 200,000 users testing the new DB Navigator today and help us make the application even more user-friendly" .
The main improvements
- grouping of information, which will improve legibility by reducing the number of notifications. Travellers will have all the essential information at their fingertips.
- greater precision of the journey itself, with a better overview of all the stages of the journey. This will also include a display of the departure platform, delays, etc.
- a automation from information in the event of delay or train cancellations. Passengers will be able to see immediately if a train has been cancelled and what the next service will be. alternative link to the destination. It can be validated or not. With a single click, the new link will be loaded into the new DB Navigator, while any ancillary services will be automatically modified.
- a more modern design with dark mode to spare your eyes and your phone battery
- lastly - although more anecdotal for business travellers - it will be possible to buy digital tickets online for transporting a bicycle or... a dog!
DB Navigator has reached the 60 million downloads. In 2022, over 90 million tickets have been reserved in the application and over a billion pieces of travel information. That's over three million hits a day.
