All Germany articles – Page 11
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NewsGo-Ahead condemns quality of rail infrastructure in southern Germany
GERMANY: Private operator Go-Ahead Deutschland has issued a strongly-worded statement criticising DB Netz for the quality of the railway infrastructure in Bayern and Baden-Württemburg, where the company has train operating contracts.
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NewsAhrtal and Eifel electrification agreed
GERMANY: Agreement has been reach to finance electrification of Deutsche Bahn’s Ahrtal and Eifel lines as part of repairs being undertaken following the severe flooding in July 2021 which causes the suspension of services. The €388m agreement signed on June 14 by the Rheinland-Pfalz Ministry of ...
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NewsDriverless regional train research gets underway
GERMANY: Work has started on a project to develop and test technology for the driverless operation of regional passenger trains, and to identify the regulatory changes which would be needed to permit future use. The project is being undertaken by Alstom, the DLR aerospace research centre ...
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NewsWheelchair lift enhances ICE accessibility
GERMANY: Palfinger has developed a novel design of wheelchair lift for use on DB Fernverkehr’s next fleet of ICE high speed trainsets. The Trainlift TRV 2 SLIM is deployed at a 920 mm wide accessible entry point for use by passengers with reduced mobility. The TSI ...
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NewsHuber and Sandvoß to lead DB Netz
GERMANY: The current DB AG board member for Passenger Transport, Berthold Huber, has been selected as the next head of the group’s infrastructure business, following the departure of Ronald Pofalla at the end of April. Huber’s appointment as board member Infrastructure was proposed by DB CEO ...
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NewsSBB orders Giruno trainsets for services to Germany
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has placed a SFr250m firm order for seven more Stadler Giruno trainsets for use on cross-border services to Germany. Announcing the order on June 15, Stadler said demand for rail travel to Germany had been increasing steadily before the pandemic, and had ...
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NewsHitachi Energy to supply 120 MW converter station
GERMANY: The national railway’s traction power business DB Energie has awarded Hitachi Energy a contract to install a 120 MW converter station to convert electricity from the 50 Hz three-phase public distribution network to the 16·7 Hz single-phase used by the traction network. The converter station ...
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NewsDB Netz targets faster project approval and digital capacity boost
GERMANY: DB Netz Chairman Frank Sennhenn says the infrastructure manager is targeting a 30% gain in capacity on existing lines ‘depending on the exact traffic mix’ from digitalisation including traffic management, automation and the roll-out of ERTMS. Speaking at the opening of the IAF track technology ...
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NewsFocus on Poland as IAF track technology shows opens its doors
INTERNATIONAL: More than 120 exhibitors from 60 countries have been confirmed as taking part in the 28th International Exhibition of Track Technology at Münster in northwest Germany from May 31 to June 2.
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NewsDB Regio wins Niederrhein-Münsterland operating contract
GERMANY: The Rhein-Ruhr and Westfalen-Lippe transport authorities have selected DB Regio for a contract to operate five of the seven Niederrhein-Münsterland-Netz services. The authorities announced on May 25 that DB would replace Transdev’s NordWestBahn on services RE44, RB31 and RB36 in December 2025 and RE14 December ...
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NewsIntegrated track machine reflects trends in infrastructure maintenance
GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer is to present its Unimat 09-8x4/4S BR Dynamic E³ combined track machine at the IAF trade show in Münster on May 31-June 2.
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NewsChemical train emergency simulated
GERMANY: A large-scale chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives emergency response training exercise has used disco fog and public volunteers to simulate a chemical leak from a freight train near a station. The exercise hosted by the Dortmund fire brigade enabled 130 ...
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Metro Report InternationalBonn light rail vehicle contract awarded
GERMANY: CAF has been awarded a contract to supply 22 high-floor light rail vehicles for operation in the Bonn area.
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NewsMireo Plus H hydrogen multiple-unit is ‘another step towards phasing out diesel’, says DB
GERMANY: There will be a need for between 1 700 and 2 500 trains with alternative traction systems by 2038, the Federal Ministry for Digital & Transport said at the unveiling of Siemens Mobility’s first Mireo Plus H hydrogen multiple-unit, with DB seeing the optimal technology choice as depending on route length.
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NewsAlstom signs its biggest rolling stock contract in Germany
GERMANY: Alstom has signed its largest-ever order in Germany, a €2·5bn contract to supply Baden-Württemberg rolling stock agency SFBW with 130 Coradia Stream High Capacity electric multiple-units equipped for automatic operation. The partly double-deck EMUs are to be used on regional services from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe, ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin U-Bahn cars under construction
GERMANY: The construction of eight pre-series Type J and JK trainsets for the Berlin U-Bahn has started at Stadler’s Pankow factory in the north of the city.
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NewsEurostar Group formed as holding company for Eurostar and Thalys
EUROPE: Eurostar Group has been established as the holding company for international high speed train operators Eurostar and Thalys, and the shareholders have announced their ambition for the combined services to carry 30 million passengers/year within 10 years, compared to 18 million in 2019. ...
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NewsPandrol to demonstrate fastening and welding innovations at IAF
GERMANY: At the IAF trade show in Münster at the end of May, Pandrol will host an outdoor display area on stand A-100 where it will be displaying and demonstrating a range of products along a 50 m section of track.
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Metro Report InternationalMünchen orders more C2 U-Bahn trains
GERMANY: Following a European tender München municipal utility company SWM has ordered a further 18 six-car Type C2 metro trains from Siemens Mobility. They are to be supplied from the Siemens Mobility factory in Wien in 2024-25, with the bogies produced at the company’s Graz plant. ...
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NewsNiederrheinbahn reopening funding confirmed
GERMANY: The Land of Nordrhein-Westfalen has confirmed €17m of funding to enable the introduction of a passenger service on the 10 km Niederrheinbahn route between Moers and Kamp-Lintfort from 2026. ‘By reactivating the old tracks, Kamp-Lintfort, the third largest German town without a rail connection, will ...