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March 4, 2025 | Europe

ICE L for Berlin - Amsterdam delayed

DB will use ICE 3neo trains on the cross-border route from December until the ICE Ls are authorised to enter service.

February 11, 2025 | Main line

DB agrees €6.3bn framework signalling and train control contract

Four contractors have been selected for the landmark contract to supply equipment as part of the Digital Rail Germany initiative.

February 7, 2025 | Technology

Hydrogen combustion engines to be developed and tested in Bremen

DB and the Fraunhofer Institute are working jointly on the project.

January 13, 2025 | Europe

German Rail punctuality drops in 2024

Long-distance punctuality reaches all-time low of 62.5%.

December 13, 2024 | Infrastructure

Riedbahn project completed on schedule (updated)

DB reopened the Frankfurt - Mannheim main line on December 15 following a five-month closure. Significant renewal work on the Hamburg - Berlin line has also been completed as planned.

December 9, 2024 | High-speed

Groundbreaking for new ICE depot in northwest Germany

High-speed train maintenance facility will cater for 17 trains at a time.

September 11, 2024 | Financial

Germany’s railway faces financial headwinds

German Rail (DB) is looking to deal with challenges to both its passenger and freight businesses, while simultaneously recognising that funding of the country’s rail infrastructure is increasingly insecure, as Keith Fender reports.

September 10, 2024 | Infrastructure

Cross-border Wonder Line reopening delayed (again)

Resumption of passenger services linking Germany with the Netherlands put back to mid-2025.

September 3, 2024 | Infrastructure

Dortmund high-speed train depot approved

€400m maintenance facility in northwestern Germany will accommodate up to four ICE trains simultaneously.

September 2, 2024 | Infrastructure

Homburg - Zweibrücken line reopening agreed

The €77.8m project includes electrification of 7.4km line in southwestern Germany.

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