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September 27, 2018 | Rolling stock

DB to purchase 18 ICE 4 trains as part of €1bn investment

GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on September 27 that it is investing more than €1bn in its high-speed ICE fleet, including the purchase of an additional 18 seven-car ICE 4 trains and 50 intermediate second-class vehicles to lengthen half of the 100 12-car ICE 4 trains currently being delivered by Siemens to 13 cars.

September 21, 2018 | Fleet

Pesa confirms restructuring on schedule and DB contracts secure

IRJ at InnoTrans 2018: Pesa CEO Mr Krzysztof Sędzikowski, who has been in post since early 2018, confirmed at InnoTrans this week that the planned transaction with Polish state investment fund Polski Fundusz Rozwoju (PFR) will be completed “within days, or at worst weeks”.

September 20, 2018 | InnoTrans 2018

Rail can be a winner of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

IRJ at InnoTrans 2018: GERMAN Rail (DB) hosted a high-level debate and presentations on the third afternoon of InnoTrans at the DB Innovation Forum, which addressed the theme of shaping intermodal mobility together.

September 20, 2018 | InnoTrans 2018

Siemens and DB sign Ideas Train cooperation

SIEMENS Mobility and German Rail (DB) have signed a cooperation agreement on September 20 at Innotrans 2018 to collaborate on the Ideas Train, a project to develop and showcase ideas for the future of passenger rail.

September 13, 2018 | Europe

DB curbs spending as debts rise and profits fall

GERMAN Rail (DB) chief executive Dr Richard Lutz has instigated emergency spending controls as the company seeks to avoid another profit warning and slow the increase in its debts, which are nearing €20bn.

September 7, 2018 | Europe

Saxony and DB sign Chemnitz - Leipzig upgrading agreement

A planning agreement for the upgrading and electrification of the Chemnitz - Bad Lausick - Leipzig line was signed on September 7 by Mr Martin Dulig, transport minister of the state of Saxony, and Mr Eckart Fricke, group representative of German Rail for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

August 31, 2018 | Commuter Rail

Arriva wins Prague suburban rail contract

FOLLOWING a competitive tender, Prague City Council has selected Arriva’s Czech rail subsidiary Arriva Vlaky for a contract to operate suburban Line S41 services from Prague Hostivař to Roztoky via Prague Libeň and Prague Holešovice.

August 30, 2018 | High-speed

DB confirms plan for ICE 4 order as ICE 1 refurbishment begins

GERMAN Rail (DB) has confirmed to IRJ that it plans to place an order for additional class 412 ICE 4 high-speed trains using options available in the original 2011 contract, although the exact number of trains has yet to be finalised.

August 29, 2018 | Rolling stock

Round Table Rail to simplify vehicle development and procurement

A joint initiative between rolling stock suppliers and major train operators was launched in Zürich on August 28 with the aim of simplifying rail vehicle development and procurement.

August 28, 2018 | Locomotives

CRRC hybrid locomotive heads for Germany

CRRC Corporation has released images of the first Kleinstlok HH hybrid shunting locomotive for German Rail (DB), which will be on display at InnoTrans in Berlin next month.