SIEMENS presented the first prototype Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) EMU at its Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre on July 12, where testing will now begin.
THE first Desiro HC driving car for the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) regional network was presented to North-Rhine Westphalia state transport minister Mr Michael Groschek at Siemens’ plant in Krefeld, Germany, on March 31.
A cornerstone was laid in Dortmund-Eving, Germany, on March 7 to mark the start of construction on Siemens’ €80m service and maintenance depot for Rhine-Ruhr-Express (RRX).
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) announced on July 7 that it has selected Abellio and Keolis for two contracts to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and regional services from December 2019.
STADLER Pankow presented the first Flirt 3 regional EMU for the Dutch-German Lower Rhine Network to operator Abellio Rail NRW and Rhine-Ruhr transport authority VRR in a ceremony at Abellio's Hagen depot on June 9.
TENDERS have been published in Official Journal of the European Union for concessions to operate regional passenger train services in the German state of Thüringia and the Rhine-Rhur area.
FOLLOWING a European tender, Rhine-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) has acquired 48 class 422 EMUs used on Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn services from German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio.
NATIONAL Express launched its first passenger operations on the German mainline network on December 13, when it took over the operation of two regional routes in North Rhine Westphaila from DB Regio.
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) signed a 12-year contract with Vias Rail in Mönchengladbach on November 16 for the operation of the Erft-Schwalm regional network from 2017.
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) signed 15-year contracts with Abellio and National Express in Hamm on October 19 for the operation of the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) regional network.