GERMANY'S Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has finally approved the fleet of Siemens Velaro-D (class 407) ICEs ordered by German Rail (DB) for use on the German network, two years after they were originally due to enter service.
FOUR European railway associations plus the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) are calling for urgent action to accelerate the excessively slow and cumbersome processes for the certification of trains in Europe which they argue are far too costly and are harming rail's competitive position.
SIEMENS reported its financial results for the first half of the 2013 financial year on 2 May, which show second quarter group revenues fell 7% year-on-year to €18bn with profits of €1.37bn.
THE German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted unrestricted series approval for the 15L BB variant of Voith's Gravita diesel-hydraulic shunting and trip freight locomotive.
EAST German Railway Company (Odeg) introduced the first of 16 Stadler Kiss class 445 double-deck emus on regional express services on the Rathenow - Jüterbog line on January 8. This follows the approval for the first four trains by Germany's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) on December 21 and subsequent approval of a fifth train.
GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) granted Siemens approval on December 21 for the operation of Vectron locomotives on the German mainline network.
GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) gave its approval on December 21 for the operation of four out of 16 Kiss double-deck emus supplied by Stadler Rail to East German Railway (Odeg).
EAST German Railway Company (Odeg) has announced that no more than 11 of the 16 double-deck Kiss emus on order from Stadler will be delivered and approved in time for the December 9 timetable change.