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September 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB signs five-year renewable energy contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) has signed a five-year contract starting from 2024 for the supply of electricity from the Nordsee-Ost wind farm located off the northwest coast of Germany.

August 27, 2019 | Passenger

The sound of the future

Unintelligible station announcements are a bugbear of passengers everywhere, especially when travelling on an unfamiliar network or when delays occur. Holoplot CEO Roman Sick explains to David Burroughs how a newly-developed speaker system could make these problems a thing of the past.

August 26, 2019 | Fleet

DB Cargo and Siemens sign condition-based maintenance contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) rail freight subsidiary DB Cargo has signed a contract with Siemens to carry out condition-based and predictive maintenance on more than 250 electric locomotives.

August 21, 2019 | Fleet

DB breaks ground on Berlin ICE depot expansion

GERMAN Rail (DB) held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 21 to officially launch construction on a €260m project to expand Berlin Rummelsburg ICE depot.

August 19, 2019 | Fleet

DB wins SBB coach refurbishment contract

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has awarded German Rail (DB) a contract to modernise 93 EW IV coaches as part of a SFr 90m ($US 92m) project to renovate 203 of SBB’s EW IV fleet.

August 12, 2019 | Technology

DB invests in mobile data analytics start-up

DB Digital Ventures, a German Rail (DB) subsidiary promoting new digital business models, has announced it is investing in Teralytics, a Swiss start-up, which uses anonymised mobile data to provide information on general passenger behaviour that can be used to analyse demand.

August 7, 2019 | Financial

DB selects Amsterdam for possible Arriva IPO

GERMAN Rail (DB) has reportedly selected the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam as a prospective listing venue for its Arriva public transport operations business if the planned sale of the unit, which is due to start this week, does not meet expectations.

July 29, 2019 | Europe

VAT cut on train fares could boost German passenger numbers by 5 million, says DB

REDUCING VAT on long-distance train fares in Germany could bring millions more passengers to the rail network and stimulate additional fleet investment, according to German Rail (DB).

July 25, 2019 | Europe

German Monopolies Commission calls for break-up of DB

GERMANY’s federal government should consider separating German Rail’s (DB) transport business from its infrastructure activities, according to the conclusions of a report by the country’s Monopolies Commission on July 25.

July 22, 2019 | Fleet

Westbahn sells Stadler EMUs to DB and cuts services

AUSTRIAN open access operator Westbahn has announced it is selling its fleet of seven Kiss and 10 Kiss2 double-deck EMUs to German Rail (DB), which it will replace with 15 new six-car Kiss3 sets from Stadler.

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