SIEMENS’ Mobility division will be transferred into a legally separate company owned by Siemens in anticipation of its merger with Alstom, as part of a Siemens’ company-wide restructuring announced on August 1.
SIEMENS’ Mobility Division recorded an 8% increase in orders to €2.5bn in its third quarter financial results released in Munich on July 2, a 4% increase in revenue to €2.1bn, and a profit of €177m, down 1% compared with the same period last year.
GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Network has launched a new website called iTrace which enables more than 420 German rail companies and those entitled to access its infrastructure, the opportunity to submit proposals online for enhancements to the network.
A detailed planning contract for the proposed 25km Stadt-Umland-Bahn Nuremberg tram line, the longest light rail route currently planned anywhere in Germany, was agreed in late June.
THE European Commission (EC) approved on July 27 a German scheme to support rail companies that invest in energy efficiency technologies which it says will promote the shift of freight traffic from road to rail and contribute to a reduction of CO2 emissions.
COLOGNE-based transport authority Rhineland Local Transport (NVR) has begun the tender process to fully reopen the 30km Düren - Euskirchen via Zülpich line, located between Aachen and Bonn, from December 2020.
THE city council in the Bavarian city of Regensburg has voted overwhelmingly to back plans for the construction of a light rail network.
TUNNELLING for the western tube of the 8.8km twin-bore Bossler tunnel at the western end of the new Stuttgart - Wendlingen - Ulm high-speed line concluded on June 8, following completion of the eastern tube in November 2016.
FLIXTRAIN will expand the service frequency on the Cologne to Hamburg route to two round trips a day from July 19, offering 20 trains per week on the route. Flixtrain took over marketing of the former HKX branded trains formerly operated by RDC Deutschland on the route on March 23.
NORTH Hessen Transport Authority (NVV) has announced plans to upgrade the RegioTram tram-train network in and around the city of Kassel.
