IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: GERMAN Rail (DB) announced at InnoTrans on September 24 that it has placed a further order for 26 three-car Link DMUs with Pesa as part of a framework agreement signed with the Polish supplier at InnoTrans 2012 for up to 470 sets.
ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel (EMD) has secured orders to supply a total of 34 SD70ACe locomotives to Mexico's Ferromex and Ferrosur.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: EMD has on show a new ergonomically-designed locomotive cab to be installed in three demonstration locomotives which will be shipped to Australia next year.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: PLASSER & THEURER formally handed over a two-car GMTZ track recording train to German infrastructure manager DB Networks at InnoTrans on September 24.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: THE last of 20 TEM3 two-axle diesel-electric shunting locomotives for Belarus Railways (BC) was formally handed over to the customer by CZ Loko, Czech Republic, at InnoTrans on September 24.
Enhancement projects are underway along the Rhine corridor to upgrade rail infrastructure and terminal facilities, increasing capacity to meet the enormous growth in freight predicted at Rhine delta ports, Anitra Green reports from Germany.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: THE first of 10 four-axle Db111 Gama diesel locomotives being supplied by Pesa, Poland, to Polish long-distance passenger operator PKP Intercity was presented at InnoTrans on September 24.
New operators and new rolling stock have brought a splash of colour to Germany's liberalised regional passenger market. They have also arguably greatly improved the level of service on offer. Kevin Smith gauges the views of some of the leading public transport authorities and private concessionaires on the current condition of the market and how they see it developing.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks and Kirow are exhibiting the first of five new breakdown cranes built by Leipzig-based Kirow.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: The first of five new-generation H3 hybrid shunting locomotives was handed over today by Alstom to German Rail's (DB) board member for technology and the environment Dr Heike Hanagarth.