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Germany: Relaying DB’s oldest high speed lines

By 2020-09-09T05:00:00

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After nearly 30 years of use, Germany’s first two high speed lines are being given a complete makeover with new track and replacement components for other hardware. Murray Hughes reports on a programme valued at €825m.

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