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June 16, 2023 | Financial

Funding agreed for Cologne S-Bahn expansion

The project will add three new stations between Cologne and Mönchengladbach.

March 14, 2022 | Infrastructure

VDV calls for focus on electrification

Report suggests that electric trains are cheaper to operate than alternative power fleets.

March 10, 2022 | News

DB Start wins contract to operate Taunus hydrogen network

The world’s largest hydrogen fleet will be used on the network from December.

January 25, 2022 | Infrastructure

Planning agreed for new Berlin S-Bahn lines

Plans include constructing new lines and using existing freight routes.

January 13, 2022 | Infrastructure

ÖBB to spend €2.9bn in seven regions in 2022

The plans include the completion of capacity-boosting schemes as well as continued work on several major infrastructure projects.

December 6, 2021 | Signalling

DB and Siemens demonstrate automated S-Bahn

DB and Siemens Mobility hosted the world premiere operation of an S-Bahn train using ATO over ETCS on October 11. Richard Clinnick reports from Hamburg, Germany.

August 19, 2021 | Fleet

S-Bahn pre-series trains finish testing in Berlin

Trains will now enter regular operation, with production series following next year.

June 24, 2021 | Signalling

215 Stuttgart S-Bahn trains to be retrofitted with ETCS and ATO

Six prototype trains will be under test by the end of 2023; passenger service planned for January 2025.

January 1, 2021 | Fleet

New Berlin S-Bahn trains enter service

SHORTLY after midnight on January 1, the first of 10 pre-series trains supplied by Siemens and Stadler entered service on the Berlin S-Bahn.

December 9, 2020 | Europe

DB awards Stuttgart S-Bahn EMU refurbishment contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Bombardier a €103m contract to modernise a fleet of 157 EMUs currently operated by DB on the Stuttgart S-Bahn network.

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