PASSENGER numbers on Germany’s rail network continued to rise in the first half of this year as the meteoric growth in ridership on long-distance bus services came to an end, according to figures published by the federal statistics agency Destatis on September 21.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has presented the first of 48 class 422 EMU which it is refurbishing for Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) at its Krefeld works.
THE CEO of German Rail Dr Richard Lutz and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) CEO Mr Andreas Meyer met at SBB headquarters in Bern on September 11 to discuss measures to alleviate the disruption caused by the closure of part of the Karlsruhe - Basle line following a major landslip at Rastatt on August 12.
Recent legislation has brought Germany into line with the recast of the First Railway Package, but a report published last month by the country’s antitrust watchdog suggests the government is not doing enough to foster competition, as Keith Barrow explains.
IRJ at the 5th Railway Forum, Berlin: GERMAN Rail (DB) CEO Dr Richard Lutz has urged the supply industry to support DB by delivering the innovative solutions the company requires to flourish in a changing mobility market.
GERMAN open-access operator Hamburg-Köln-Express (HKX), owned by Railroad Development Corporation (RDC), United States, is to suspend completely operation of its Hamburg - Cologne service between October 4 and December 10.
SIEMENS confirmed on August 8 that it has received an order from DB Regio for 57 three-car Mireo EMUs for use on the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network around Mannheim and Heidelberg.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun testing a new app-based fare verification system which eliminates the need for onboard ticket checks.
BAVARIAN minister of transport Mr Joachim Herrmann and Czech transport minister Mr Dan Ťok announced on July 26 that Munich - Prague services will almost double in frequency from December, with aspirations to reduce the journey time from six hours to less than four hours by 2030.
GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on July 26 that it will raise its profit forecast for 2017 amid record ridership on German long-distance services and revenue growth at international subsidiaries Arriva and DB Schenker.
