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March 18, 2019 | High-speed

Germany to develop plans for Bielefeld - Hannover high-speed line

GERMANY’s minister of transport and digital infrastructure, Mr Enak Ferlemann, says the federal government will develop plans for a high-speed line between Bielefeld and Hannover, which will reduce Cologne - Berlin journey times to less than four hours.

March 14, 2019 | Main line

DB Long-Distance orders new digital planning platform

IVU Traffic Technologies, Berlin, has won a Europe-wide call for tenders from German Rail (DB) to supply a new digital planning platform for DB’s long distance division, which will be used to gather and process all operational information relevant to the deployment of long-distance trains.

March 13, 2019 | Fleet

DB previews Talgo ‘ECx’ long-distance train

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Talgo presented the design for a new fleet of long-distance trains to federal minister of transport and digital infrastrucuture, Mr Enak Ferlemann, on March 13.

February 20, 2019 | Infrastructure

Irish Rail to install national train protection system

IRISH Rail (IE) has awarded a contract to the Turas joint venture of German Rail (DB), Egis and CPC Project Services to manage the equipment of its 2400km 1600mm-gauge network with automatic train protection (ATP).

February 20, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB to spend €10.7bn on infrastructure improvements in 2019

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced it plans to invest €10.7bn in the German network this year to increase capacity and improve quality.

February 8, 2019 | Europe

DB launches ‘world's fastest laboratory’ test train

GERMAN Rail (DB) has launched its “Advanced TrainLab,” which the company says will allow testing of digital technologies in a real-world environment and accelerate their deployment into service.

February 5, 2019 | Fleet

DB orders Talgo trains for international services

GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on February 5 that it has awarded Talgo a framework contract to supply up to 100 long-distance trains with an initial order for 23 sets worth €550m.

January 21, 2019 | News

German Court of Auditors proposes radical DB reform

GERMANY’s Federal Court of Auditors presented a report to the German parliament on January 17 which calls for the federal government to define German Rail’s (DB) future role, including possibly splitting train operations from infrastructure management and selling its two largest subsidiaries, Arriva and Schenker.

January 18, 2019 | Europe

DB sets five-point strategy for 2019

THE CEO of German Rail (DB) Mr Richard Lutz and his board presented a five-point plan highlighting the company's priorities in 2019 to the German Federal transport minister, Mr Andreas Scheuer, on January 17.

January 17, 2019 | Main line

ODEG makes major gains in Berlin with new Elbe-Spree regional contracts

DB Regio and East German Railway Company (ODEG) will share the contracts to operate the future Elbe-Spree Network serving Berlin and Brandenburg from December 2022 to 2034. According to local media, the contracts have been provisionally awarded by Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB), but remain subject to a 10-day statutory cooling-off period.

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