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February 20, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB to spend €10.7bn on infrastructure improvements in 2019

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced it plans to invest €10.7bn in the German network this year to increase capacity and improve quality.

February 19, 2019 | Freight

Rail freight through Port of Hamburg reaches record levels

THE Port of Hamburg handled 46.8 million tonnes of rail freight in 2018, up 2.7%, a record for the North Sea port.

February 15, 2019 | Europe

Stadler to expand Berlin Pankow facility

STADLER announced a €70m expansion to its Berlin Pankow rolling stock plant during a visit from the governing mayor Mr Michael Müller on February 12, with work due to be completed by 2020.

February 8, 2019 | Europe

DB launches ‘world's fastest laboratory’ test train

GERMAN Rail (DB) has launched its “Advanced TrainLab,” which the company says will allow testing of digital technologies in a real-world environment and accelerate their deployment into service.

February 6, 2019 | Freight

80% of DB Cargo wagons now equipped with “whispering brakes”

A milestone was reached in Germany’s programme to reduce rail noise on February 5, when the country’s largest rail freight operator DB Cargo rolled out the 50,500th wagon equipped with so-called whispering brakes.

February 5, 2019 | Fleet

DB orders Talgo trains for international services

GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on February 5 that it has awarded Talgo a framework contract to supply up to 100 long-distance trains with an initial order for 23 sets worth €550m.

January 31, 2019 | Fleet

Go-Ahead orders 56 Siemens trains for Augsburg Network

GO-AHEAD Transport Germany has awarded Siemens Mobility a €400m contract to supply 56 trains for use on the Augsburg network, after it was awarded the network contract in December last year.

January 24, 2019 | Fleet

EBA authorises three-country Flirt EMUs for use in Germany

GERMANY’s Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted a Supplementary Authorisation to Place in Service (SAPS) for Arriva Netherlands’ fleet of multi-system Stadler Flirt EMUs, which will be used on regional services linking Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

January 23, 2019 | Metros

Siemens delivers first Nuremberg U-Bahn G1 train

THE first class G1 train for the Nuremberg U-Bahn left Siemens’ Simmering plant in Vienna, Austria, on January 22.

January 22, 2019 | Signalling

Baden-Württemberg backs Stuttgart S-Bahn ATO pilot

BADEN-Württemberg Ministry of Transport announced on January 22 that it will participate in a pilot project to install ETCS, digital interlockings (DSTW) and automatic train operation (ATO) Grade of Automation 2 (GoA2) on the Stuttgart S-Bahn network.

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