GERMANY’s federal government is set to provide 60% of the funding required for a second east-west S-Bahn tunnel beneath Munich city centre under an agreement signed in the city on October 25 by federal transport minister Mr Alexander Dobrindt and minister president of the state of Bavaria Mr Horst Seehofer.

GERMAN Rail (DB) has confirmed to IRJ that it has placed an order with Bombardier for a further eight class 245 Traxx ME multi-engine diesel-electric locomotives, supplementing the fleet of 27 units already in service.

GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on August 10 that its subsidiary DB Regio has lodged an appeal at the regional high court in Munich against a ruling by Bavaria’s public procurement authority which upheld the decision by Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) to award two contracts for the operation of the Nuremberg S-Bahn network to National Express.

GERMAN regional operator Länderbahn is set to continue operating Alex regional services from Munich to destinations in Franconia and the Allgäu after Bavarian railway authority BEG directly awarded the IR 25 Übergang interim contract to the Netinera subsidiary.

THE first of six Škoda Transportation type 109E electric locomotives ordered by German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio in June 2013 for high-speed regional services in Bavaria has begun dynamic testing at the VUZ Velim test track in the Czech Republic.

GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has approved the final section of second east-west S-Bahn tunnel beneath Munich city centre, which will significantly increase capacity on the congested core section of the network.

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio has awarded Alstom a €40m contract to supply eight Coradia Lint DMUs for the Central Franconia regional network around Nuremberg.

COMPETITION continues to erode German Rail's dominance of the German regional rail market, according to a report published in March by German Federation of Regional Passenger Rail Authorities (BAG-SPNV).

TRANSDEV Germany has awarded Alstom a €115m contract to supply 28 Coradia Lint DMUs for Augsburg Diesel Network 1, which the company's Bavarian Regional Rail (BRB) subsidiary will operate for 12 years from December 2018.

A head-on collision between two regional passenger trains in southern Bavaria has killed 11 people and injured more than 100, 18 of them seriously.