GERMAN Rail (DB), Alstom, the state government of Bavaria, and leasing company DAL launched a joint project on August 1 to trial hybrid traction technology on shunting locomotives in southern Germany.

ŠKODA Transportation is celebrating a landmark order for its 200km/h 109E electric locomotive after German Rail (DB) placed an order for six units, which will be used on push-pull regional trains in southern Germany.

RAIL access to Munich Franz-Jozef Strauss International Airport is set to improve significantly after German Rail (DB) and the state of Bavaria reached an agreement to build a new connection between the airport and the Munich – Regensburg line.