DB to be directly awarded Berlin S-Bahn operating contracts

By 2015-06-04T09:21:00

DB's S-Bahn Berlin subsidiary is to operate North-South and Stadtbahn services under transitional contracts (Photo: DB/Hans-Joachim Krumnow).

GERMANY: The Länder of Berlin and Brandenburg have announced their intention to award the incumbent S-Bahn Berlin GmbH subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn two ‘transitional’ contracts to continue to operate the Berlin S-Bahn network’s North-South and Stadtbahn service groups until planned competitively-tendered contracts are awarded.

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