German railway news – Page 61
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NewsBonatrans Group to acquire GHH
GERMANY: Czech wheelset manufacturer Bonatrans Group has agreed to acquire Oberhausen-based Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz GmbH for an undisclosed price. The transaction is expected to close at the end of December, subject to regulatory approval. The deal covers the German business, and does not include the GHH-Valdunes plants in France and Belgium. ...
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NewsAbellio unveils Coradia Lint for Wuppertal - Solingen route
GERMANY: The first of nine Coradia Lint 41/H diesel multiple-units which Alstom is supplying for use on the Wuppertal - Solingen route S7 was unveiled in front of 100 invited guests on November 22. 'The new Lints are the right choice for the Bergischen Land', said Ronald Lünser, Director of ...
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NewsEuropean Commission takes Germany to court over accounting separation
GERMANY: The European Commission announced on November 20 that it is to take Germany to the Court of Justice of the European Union, accusing it of failing to comply with rules on financial transparency in the rail sector. The Commission claims that Germany’s current arrangements do not exclude the possibility ...
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NewsDB wins contract as Abellio pulls out
GERMANY: Preferred bidder Abellio has withdrawn its bid for the Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn II contract, which will now be awarded to DB Regio instead. The Länder of Sachsen-Anhalt and Brandenburg had selected Abellio for the €1·1bn contract in March, but DB appealed and bids were re-evaluated. When the contract had not ...
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NewsDB orders first tranche of Pesa Link DMUs
GERMANY: Under a framework agreement signed last year with Pesa for the supply of up to 470 units, DB Regio has ordered 36 Link DMUs to operate passenger services on the Sauerland network. A 12-year contract awarded to DB by the transport authorities for Westfalen-Lippe, Rhein-Ruhr and northern Hesse covers ...
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NewsScheidt & Bachmann to supply Eurobahn ticketing
GERMANY: Scheidt & Bachmann announced on September 6 that it had been awarded a contract by Keolis Deutschland to supply a new ticketing system for the three local networks in Nordrhein-Westfalia and Hesse operated under the Eurobahn brand. The new system is due to enter service in December 2013. The ...
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NewsCompetition concerns spark traction energy price changes
GERMANY: The European Commission is seeking comments on Deutsche Bahn’s proposals to change its 15 kV 16·7 Hz traction current pricing system in response to concerns that the existing model restricts competition in the freight and long-distance passenger markets. If the consultation confirms that the changes would remedy the European ...
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NewsDB orders double-deck EMUs
GERMANY: Deustche Bahn announced a €216m firm order for a further 18 Bombardier Transportation double-deck electric multiple-units on August 29. The three four-car and 15 six-car Twindexx Vario EMUs will have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. They are scheduled to enter traffic from December 2016 on Augsburg - Treuchtlingen ...
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NewsRail market was rigged
GERMANY: The Bundeskartellamt competition authority has imposed fines totalling €232m on companies which operated anti-competitive agreements in the German rail, switches and sleeper market in 2001-11. The proceedings were triggered by an application for leniency filed by Voestalpine. 'The aim of the agreements was to divide up tenders or projects ...
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NewsRail Industry Training & Recruitment in Brief
A delegation from Indian Railways and the Ministry of Urban Development has visited UK infrastructure manager Network Rail’s Anglia route offices at Stratford to look at the technical and operational challenges of suburban services and at integration of rail with other modes. The visit was organised by Network Rail Consulting. ...
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NewsGroundbreaking launches Rastatt tunnel project
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Niederbühl on July 30 to launch a €693m project to build a new double-track alignment through Rastatt. This forms part of a programme to provide four tracks in place of two to increase capacity on the Rhine Valley corridor between Karlsruhe and Basel. ...
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NewsHohenzollerische Landesbahn retains operating contract
GERMANY: Following a competitive tender, on August 1 the Land of Baden-Württemberg announced it had selected incumbent Hohenzollerische Landesbahn for a contract to operate Zollernbahn local services between Tübingen and Sigmaringen. The recently-modernised Regio-Shuttle RS1 diesel railcars are to be retained to operate the route, but the new contract requires ...
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NewsDB launches mentoring programme
GERMANY: Following a trial underway since 2011, Deutsche Bahn has launched a mentoring programme for younger female staff in technical roles across the infrastructure and technical divisions of the business. The programme is intended to demonstrate to young women in engineering roles that a future at leadership level is open ...
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NewsDB signs contract for Škoda Transportation push-pull trains
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn signed a €110m contract for Škoda Transportation to supply six double-deck push-pull trainsets on August 5. The trainsets are to be used on regional services linking Nürnberg, Ingolstadt and München which DB Regio is to operate on behalf of the Land of Bayern for 12 years from ...
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NewsZhengzhou to Hamburg freight train arrives
INTERNATIONAL: An inaugural freight from Zhengzhou in China arrived at Hamburg-Billwerder yard in Germany on August 2. The train was operated on behalf of Zhengzhou International Land Port Development & Construction Co, with DB Schenker responsible for the logistics services outside China. The 10 214 km route through China, Kazakhstan, ...
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NewsLease deal funds hybrid shunting locomotive trial
GERMANY: A project to demonstrate the performance and long-term operating costs of diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives in daily service was launched by Deutsche Bahn, Alstom, DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing and the Land of Bayern on August 1. Alstom's Stendal plant is to build five H3 three-axle shunting locomotives for DAL, which ...
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NewsVariable Train Wash Control software installed
GERMANY: Factory control system specialist AIS Automation Dresden has won a contract to supply its Variable Train Wash Control software to upgrade a train washing plant in Leipzig. VarTWC operates both the washing and waste water system. It can be retrofitted to different types of washing plant, and the latest ...
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NewsRhein-Ruhr-Express funding agreement
GERMANY: The federal government has committed to including the first phase of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express project in its 2014 budget. This would include funding for modernisation of the Köln-Mülheim -Langenfeld-Berghausen line as well as upgrading works in Dortmund. 'The marathon negotiations are finally crowned with success' said Nordrhein-Westfalen Transport Minister Michael ...
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NewsFunding for €1·5bn Emmerich - Oberhausen upgrade signed
GERMANY: A funding agreement for a €1·5bn upgrade of the 73 km Emmerich - Oberhausen line which links the Betuwe Route and North Sea ports with the Ruhr area and Rhine Valley freight corridor was signed on July 24. A third track is to be laid from ...
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NewsRefurbishment aims to extend DMU life by 15 years
GERMANY: Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG has awarded Alstom a €27m contract to modernise 27 Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units used on Weser-Ems services. The work is to be undertaken at Alstom's Braunschweig site for completion in December 2015. The contract announced on June 26 is designed to ensure the trains ...