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January 18, 2017 | Main line

DB: calm after the storm

AFTER a hugely challenging year in 2015, German Rail (DB) witnessed a return to growth in its long-distance passenger business during 2016 and has also enjoyed success in the German regional rail market, retaining several major contracts whilst winning back some routes previously lost to competitors.

January 16, 2017 | Main line

Vlexx and DB Regio to operate Saar Electric Network

FOLLOWING an international tender, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Transport of the German state of Saarland announced on January 9 that DB Regio and Netinera subsidiary Vlexx have been awarded contracts to operate the Saar Electric Network for 15 years from December 2019.

January 10, 2017 | Locomotives

DB signs technology partnership with Toshiba

GERMAN Rail’s rail freight division DB Cargo has agreed a technology partnership with Toshiba, Japan, including the development of hybrid locomotives, first mooted at InnoTrans, and the sale and lease-back of electric locomotives in conjunction with Railpool.

January 9, 2017 | Financial

DB sleeper trains perform better than expected prior to withdrawal

WHILE German Rail (DB) ceased operation of all classic overnight trains with sleeper and couchette coaches on December 11, internal DB documents retrieved by the Stuttgarter Zeitung newspaper show that the services recorded reduced losses in the last few months prior to their withdrawal.

January 5, 2017 | Commuter Rail

DB to order Alstom trains for Nuremberg S-Bahn

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio Bayern confirmed on January 4 that it will order new Alstom EMUs for the Nuremberg S-Bahn after the company was awarded both lots of a concession to continue operating the network beyond the expiry of its existing contract.

December 23, 2016 | Commuter Rail

DB Regio finally wins Nuremberg S-Bahn contract

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has decided to award German Rail’s (DB) regional division, DB Regio, a contract for both lots of a concession to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn network.

December 22, 2016 | Main line

DB Zugbus and SBB win Aulendorfer Kreuz contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Zugbus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee and Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) German subsidiary SBB Deutschland have been awarded the tender for regional passenger train services of the ‘Aulendorfer Kreuz’ regional network by the public transport authorities of the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG).