More rail traffic also means that the infrastructure needs to be expanded further. And in the process, interventions into nature cannot always be avoided. Where necessary, Deutsche Bahn therefore ensures appropriate ecological compensation. In doing so, it implements targeted measures for the preservation and diversity of animal and plant species. For example, around 600 sheep graze the areas in the Unstrut Valley in Saxony-Anhalt on behalf of DB.

Biodiversity thanks to animal support

The sheep only eat certain plants and thus ensure that rare orchids and many other animal and plant species can live and grow undisturbed.

They do this on behalf of Deutsche Bahn. This is because some habitats could not be preserved during the construction of the Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig line. These had to be recreated elsewhere. Deutsche Bahn is planting trees and shrubs, creating orchards and converting agricultural land into grassland with the help of its "animal employees".