DRESDEN city council has decided to directly award Dresden Transport (DVB) a 22.5-year contract to continue operating the city’s public transport network.
TESTING of the first Potsdam Tatra KT4D trams to be refurbished by Prague Public Transport (DPP) began on the tram network in the Czech capital on December 19.
THE French Railway Safety Board (EPSF) granted an Authorisation to Place in Service (APS) on December 15 to permit Siemens Velaro D class 407 high-speed trains to operate in multiple on the French rail network.
TWO German and two Czech regional public transport authorities have joined forces to invite bids for a concession to operate cross-border and Dresden area passenger rail services, and have published advance information about the tender.
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) and Rotterdam Electric Tram (RET) have signed a €120m loan agreement to support investment in new Bombardier metro trains and to renew signalling and safety systems on the metro network.
NEW Stadler Flirt 3 EMUs entered service with three operators in the Netherlands with the start of the 2017 timetable on December 11.
MUNICH’s tram network was extended to the district of Steinhausen on December 10, when the city’s mayor Mr Dieter Reiter and Mr Ingo Wortmann, CEO of Munich Transport (MVG) inaugurated the 2.8km extension of Line 25 from Max Weber Platz to Berg am Laim S-Bahn station.
ABELLIO Rail, NorthWestBahn (NWB) and DB Regio have won three tenders to operate train services in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia.
FOLLOWING repeated faults with their wheels and doors, part of Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn's (MRB) Alstom Coradia Continental train fleet has been withdrawn from service as a precautionary measure.
THE 39-year-old DB Networks signalman, who was on duty when two Meridian trains collided head on near Bad Aibling, Germany, on February 9, has been convicted of negligence and sentenced to 3 years 6 months in prison.
