MITTELDEUTSCHE Regiobahn (MRB), a Transdev subsidiary, has won the contract to operate Leipzig – Geithain – Chemnitz express services from December 2015.
SIEMENS has officially been awarded a €1.7bn contract by Rhine-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) to supply 82 Desiro High Capacity (HC) EMUs for the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) network and maintain the fleet for 32 years.
GERMAN Rail (DB) recorded a 5.7% reduction in Ebit to €2.1bn in 2014 despite a 1.5% increase in total revenue to €39.7bn.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has unveiled plans to significantly enhance its long-distance services in Germany in a bid to attract 50 million more passengers annually by 2030.
FOLLOWING a joint procurement, Düsseldorf light rail operator Rheinbahn and Cologne Public Transport (KVB) have signed contracts with Bombardier for a total of 62 high-floor Flexity LRVs.
GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has announced plans to invest €95m in renewal of signalling systems in the 6km Frankfurt City Tunnel to increase capacity and improve reliability in the core of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn network.
THE Bavarian Railway Authority (BEG) signed a 12-year contract with German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio Allgäu-Schwaben in Kempten on March 17 for the operation of the Allgäu Diesel Network, which covers around 7.8 million train-km per year.
GERMANY's Bochum-Gelsenkirchen Tramways (Bogestra) will launch a tender before the end of this month for 42 new metre-gauge LRVs after the company's supervisory board approved a €200m plan to replace the troubled fleet of NFD6D trams and modernise the vehicles used on Stadtbahn Line U35.
RESIDENTS of Hannover are finally set to ride the first of the city's new fleet of TW 3000 LRVs on Sunday March 15 just over a year since free demonstration trips took place and faults with the vehicles were subsequently discovered.
RAILROAD Development Corporation (RDC) has lost its appeal at the Administrative Court in Cologne against the Federal Networks Agency's decision to prevent DB Networks signing draft agreements for train paths for RDC's proposed motor-rail services between Niebüll and Westerland on the island of Sylt.