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September 17, 2018 | Light Rail

Siemens pioneers autonomous light rail vehicles in Potsdam

Testing is underway by Siemens in Potsdam, Germany, with an automatic light rail vehicle as part of a three-stage project to develop fully-autonomous LRVs. As David Briginshaw reports, the first step has already been achieved with the introduction in Ulm of an LRV fitted with a driver assistance system.

September 15, 2018 | Fleet

Bombardier unveils battery-electric Talent 3

BOMBARDIER presented its prototype battery-electric Talent 3 multiple unit to guests including Mr Enak Ferlemann, state secretary at the German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, on September 12 with an inaugural run on the test track at the company’s Hennigsdorf plant in Berlin.

September 13, 2018 | Europe

DB curbs spending as debts rise and profits fall

GERMAN Rail (DB) chief executive Dr Richard Lutz has instigated emergency spending controls as the company seeks to avoid another profit warning and slow the increase in its debts, which are nearing €20bn.

September 7, 2018 | Europe

Saxony and DB sign Chemnitz - Leipzig upgrading agreement

A planning agreement for the upgrading and electrification of the Chemnitz - Bad Lausick - Leipzig line was signed on September 7 by Mr Martin Dulig, transport minister of the state of Saxony, and Mr Eckart Fricke, group representative of German Rail for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

September 6, 2018 | News

Siemens inaugurates Rhine-Ruhr-Express depot

SIEMENS Mobility officially inaugurated its new rolling stock maintenance depot in Dortmund-Eving, Germany, on September 6, after one-and-a-half years of construction.

September 6, 2018 | News

Stadler rolls out first Flirt EMU for Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg

STADLER and Go-Ahead celebrated the roll-out of the first Flirt 3 EMU for operation in Baden-Württemberg on September 5, in front of 100 delegates including the Swiss ambassador to Germany, Mr Paul Seger, and Baden-Württemberg minister of transport, Mr Winfried Hermann.

September 5, 2018 | Europe

VTG rejects Morgan Stanley Infrastructure takeover bid

THE executive and supervisory boards of freight wagon leasing and logistics company VTG have rejected the takeover offer from Warwick Holding, an indirect subsidiary of funds advised by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, and recommend that VTG shareholders should not accept the offer.

September 4, 2018 | Light Rail

Siemens to demonstrate autonomous tram in Potsdam

SIEMENS is planning to demonstrate the operation of an autonomous tram in live traffic conditions on a 6km stretch of the Potsdam tram network during InnoTrans on September 18-21.

August 30, 2018 | High-speed

DB confirms plan for ICE 4 order as ICE 1 refurbishment begins

GERMAN Rail (DB) has confirmed to IRJ that it plans to place an order for additional class 412 ICE 4 high-speed trains using options available in the original 2011 contract, although the exact number of trains has yet to be finalised.

August 29, 2018 | Metros

Planning application submitted for Hamburg U-Bahn extension

HAMBURG U-Bahn operator Hamburger Hochbahn has submitted a planning application for the Line U4 Horner Geest extension.

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