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March 26, 2019 | Fleet

ODEG orders Siemens Desiro EMUs for Elbe-Spree network

EAST German Railway Company (ODEG) has awarded Siemens a €300m contract to supply 23 Desiro high-capacity EMUs for services on lines RE1, RE8 and RB17 on the Elbe-Spree network.

March 25, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB issues tender for second-hand double-deck EMUs

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) subsidiary ÖBB Passenger has published a tender for 17 200km/h second-hand double-deck EMUs, two days after German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance announced it was looking for a similar fleet.

March 22, 2019 | News

BOB leases Flirt EMUs on Chiemgau - Berchtesgaden network

TRANSDEV subsidiary Bavarian Overland Railway (BOB) has signed a contract with rolling stock leasing company Alpha Trains for seven three-car Stadler Flirt EMU for regional services on the Chiemgau - Berchtesgaden Network in Bavaria.

March 21, 2019 | Main line

FirstGroup orders Hitachi trains for open-access London - Edinburgh service

FIRSTGROUP has confirmed an order for five five-car AT300 200km/h intercity EMUs for a new low-fares London King’s Cross - Edinburgh open-access service due to launch in autumn 2021.

March 21, 2019 | Fleet

DB seeks second-hand intercity trains for 2020 timetable

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking a second-hand fleet of 200km/h double-deck EMUs, the first of which must be available for operation on the German network in less than a year.

March 20, 2019 | Europe

Bombardier to overhaul Eurotunnel passenger shuttles

EUROTUNNEL has signed a €150m seven-year contract with Bombardier to overhaul nine 26-car passenger shuttle trains as part of its 2018-2026 mid-life programme.

March 20, 2019 | Fleet

Alstom to supply Transdev with 1000th Coradia Lint DMU

TRANSDEV has awarded Alstom a contract worth more than €150m to supply 41 Coradia Lint regional DMUs for operation in the German state of Bavaria. The trains will be operated by Transdev subsidiary Bavarian Regional Railways (BRB) on services from Augsburg to Weilheim, Schongau, Ingolstadt, Eichstätt and Langenneufnach.

March 20, 2019 | Financial

Cost efficiencies drive SBB to record profit

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) reported a record year in 2018, with operating revenue up by 2.2% to SFr 9.6bn ($US 9.6bn) and consolidated profit increasing by 42.5% to a record SFr 568.4m. This was achieved in spite of a 1.3% increase in operating expenses to SFr 9bn.

March 19, 2019 | Main line

Lausitz network services tendered

THE Brandenburg ministry of infrastructure and state planning and the Leipzig local transport authority ZVNL have issued a call for tenders for an operation contract on the Lausitz network via regional transport authority VBB.

March 18, 2019 | Main line

Intercités: will Cinderella go to the ball?

Long considered the poor relation of TGV, France’s network of conventional long-distance trains is going through significant structural change with the aim of boosting service quality and strengthening financial performance. Keith Barrow assesses whether the current round of reform and investment will be enough to revive the fortunes of the Intercités brand.

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