SIEMENS has delivered the first of eight Avenio low-floor LRVs ordered by Munich Transport (MVG) in September 2012 in a deal worth €29m.
MVG, the operator of the tram network in the German city of Mainz, has received planning permission for the 9.2km extension of its network southwest from Main Station to Lerchenberg Hindemithstrasse.
German Rail (DB) has issued an invitation to tender in the Official Journal of the European Union on behalf of its long-distance subsidiary for a contract to supply between seven and 10 new diesel locomotives.
TENDERING is underway for four design-build contracts for civil works on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, which will provide a double-track railway and four-lane highway connection between Puttgarden, Germany, and Rødbyhavn in Denmark.
THE Bavarian Railway Authority (BEG) and Rhine-Main Transport (RMV) have awarded DB Regio a contract to operate regional services from Hanau to Kahl (Main) and Schöllkrippen for 12 years from December 2015.
GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio is to take on the operation of the Mid-German S-Bahn Network Lot 2 concession after the winning bidder Abellio decided to withdraw from the contract with the states of Saxony Anhalt and Brandenburg and Leipzig area transport authority ZVNL.
THE Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) has issued a call for tender for a contract to supply and maintain for 30 years a fleet of 71 double-deck emus plus additional trains to cover maintenance.
BERLIN Brandenburg Transport Association (VBB) has shortlisted operators for a 15-year concession to operate the ring line of the Berlin S-Bahn, currently run by German Rail (DB).
THE first of seven Velaro high-speed trains ordered by Turkish State Railways (TCDD) from Siemens is currently en route to Turkey.
GERMANY's Niederbarnimer Railway (NEB) has ordered nine Pesa Link dmus for €27m which it will operate on services from Berlin to Templin, Werneuchen and Kostrzyn, Poland, beginning in December 2015.