Quintus Vosman

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has selected Transdev subsidiary Bavarian Regional Rail (BRB) to operate regional passenger services on Augsburg Diesel Network 1, which encompasses 1.35 million train-km per year on the Munich - Füssen, Augsburg - Füssen and Augsburg - Landsberg lines.

DUTCH secretary of state for infrastructure Mrs Wilma Mansveld resigned on October 28 following the publication of a report into the Fyra high-speed fiasco, which places the blame for the debacle squarely with various current and former government ministers as well as Netherlands Railways (NS) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB).

GERMAN regional rail operator Sweg placed a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on October 24 confirming it has selected Bombardier for a framework agreement to supply and maintain EMUs for use on regional services in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

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.

RHINE-Ruhr Transport (VRR) has published a tender in the Official Journal of the European Union for operation of eight regional lines with a total volume of 11.9 million train-km per year.

THE government of the Dutch province of Limburg has decided that it will not launch a new tender for 15-year concession to operate train and bus services in the region and Arriva will take over the operation of the network as planned at the end of next year.

KEOLIS subsidiary Eurobahn is set to continue to operate Germany's Hellweg regional network beyond the expiry of its current contract in 2018 after winning a new 12-year contract.

A STUDY commissioned by Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail has found that the quality of concrete used on some parts of the HSL South high-speed line between Amsterdam and the Belgian border may be of inferior quality and the technical life of some structures could be considerably shorter than originally envisaged.

THE Dutch province of Overijssel is set to sign a contract with Keolis subsidiary Syntus for the operation of Zwolle - Enschede and Zwolle - Kampen regional services from December 2017 after Netherlands Railways (NS) withdrew its appeal against the award.

BADEN-Württemberg ministry of transport and the state's transport authority NVBW have published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a 15-year contract to operate the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Network 6b service group.