FOLLOWING a public tender, Rheinland Local Transport, in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia, has awarded German Rail (DB Regio) a four-year concession to operate Euregiobahn Line RB 20 in the Aachen area.
SEVERAL managers of Dutch railway infrastructure manager Prorail have been forbidden from taking part in tendering procedures for track maintenance contracts.
WORK will start on August 22 on upgrading the cross-border rail link between Heerlen, Netherlands and Aachen, Germany.
DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail is to reduce track access charges for lightweight multiple units following a ruling by the Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) that the current level of pricing is excessive and violates the Dutch Railway Act.
AMSTERDAM public transport operator GVB has issued an international tender for a contract to supply 63 low-floor LRVs, which will replace the oldest vehicles in service on the city's 161km tram network.
MORE than nine months after it was selected as preferred bidder, Keolis subsidiary Eurobahn has finally signed a concession agreement with Westphalia-Lippe Local Transport (NWL) to operate the Teutoburger Wald regional network in northwest Germany for 15 years from December 2017.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has reached an agreement with Strukton Rail to acquire its subsidiary NS Spooraansluitingen (NSS), which owns and operates lines between the Dutch national railway network and private sidings.
THE Dutch secretary of state for infrastructure Mrs Wilma Mansveld, who is responsible for railway affairs, informed parliament on June 25 of irregularities by the national infrastructure manager Prorail in the awarding of track maintenance contracts.
THE president of the board of commissioners of Netherlands Railways (NS), Mr Carel van der Driest, has resigned with immediate effect in the wake of the Limburg regional concessioning scandal.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has exercised an option with Bombardier for 18 additional class 186 Traxx multi-system locomotives, which will be used to operate 160km/h passenger services from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and The Hague via the HSL South high-speed line.
