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April 11, 2019 | High-speed

Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services stepped up

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) have stepped up the frequency of Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services on April 7 to effectively offer a two-hourly service between the two cities.

April 5, 2019 | Fleet

DB halts ICE4 deliveries due to weld quality issues

GERMAN inter-city operator DB Long Distance has suspended deliveries of ICE4 high-speed trains following the discovery of quality problems in bodywork welding on some of the vehicles already in service.

April 5, 2019 | Europe

Germany sees strong passenger rail growth as bus traffic remains steady

THE German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has released the public transport usage figures for 2018, which show a 0.6% increase in overall passenger journeys by all modes, up to 11.6 billion trips.

April 1, 2019 | Europe

Munich Airport eastern rail link moves forward

BAVARIA’s minister of transport, Mr Hans Reichhart, confirmed on March 21 that German infrastructure manager DB Network has submitted a planning application to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) for a new eastern rail link to Munich Airport.

March 28, 2019 | Main line

DB Regio to operate Schleswig-Holstein Electric Network East

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN public transport authority NAH.SH announced on March 28 that it has selected DB Regio as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the Eastern Electric Network.

March 28, 2019 | Europe

Record long-distance ridership lifts DB sales

PASSENGER numbers on German Rail (DB) Long Distance services increased for the fourth successive year to reach a record 148 million in 2018, according to the company’s annual results, which were published on March 28.

March 28, 2019 | Financial

DB to study options for sale of Arriva

THE supervisory board of German Rail (DB) has asked the company’s executive board to look at options for the sale of international passenger transport subsidiary Arriva as the railway seeks to bring its debts under control.

March 26, 2019 | Technology

German Aerospace Center and DB to test passenger comfort innovations

THE German Aerospace Center (DLR) and DB Systemtechnik (DB ST) signed a cooperation agreement for the Dirk project on March 19, which is developing a test vehicles to support innovations in passenger comfort and air conditioning.

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 | Technology

A new frontier in railway innovation

As railways push ahead with digitalisation, more and more are engaging and implementing solutions from a new form of supplier: the tech start-up. This is changing the railway-supplier relationship and altering the industry’s wider approach to innovation, as Kevin Smith discovers.

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