A German federal court in Leipzig has ended a long-running dispute over the reinstatement of rail link in southern Berlin which will cut journey times to the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport, when it eventually opens, and Dresden.

RAIL freight operators in Germany will be charged less for using infrastructure under a new rail freight master plan announced by Mr Alexander Dobrint, Germany’s federal minister for transport and digital infrastructure.

GERMAN Rail (DB) is offering its fleet of class 120.1 and 120.2 electric locomotive fleet for sale to new owners.

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a two-year framework contract to Teleste Information Solutions (formerly Mitron), Finland, to supply TFT-LCD passenger information screens for installation in stations and on trains.

GERMAN Rail (DB) is using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to digitally design new railway stations, and the first is being piloted in Hösel, Ratingen, in North-Rhine Westphalia.

AS Morocco eagerly awaits the opening of its inaugural high-speed line between Casablanca and Tangiers in the summer of 2018, the country is already reaping the benefits of a new railway training provider.

German Rail (DB) is hailing the transformational impact of digitalisation on rail transport. But how is it preparing its staff for these radical changes in its business practices and everyday operations? Kevin Smith looks at how DB Training is implementing a new approach to learning as part of DB’s 2020 strategy.

AN intermodal train loaded with 82 ISO tank containers left Korla in northwest China on May 26, representing the latest move in China’s push toward developing a One Belt, One Road policy in international trade.

A major bottleneck on the railway network in southeast Bavaria was eliminated on May 22, when Germany’s federal transport minister Mr Alexander Dobrindt, German Rail (DB) board member for infrastructure Mr Roland Pofalla, and head of the Bavarian State Chancellery Dr Marcel Huber inaugurated a second track on the Altmühldorf - Tüssling section of the Munich - Mühldorf - Salzburg line.

SIEMENS announced plans on May 11 to cut nearly 1700 jobs in Germany during the next few years including 300 immediately at Siemens Mobility’s Krefeld train building plant, as part of the company’s efficiency and modernisation drive to turn Siemens into a “digital industrial” company.