STADLER Pankow presented the first Flirt 3 regional EMU for the Dutch-German Lower Rhine Network to operator Abellio Rail NRW and Rhine-Ruhr transport authority VRR in a ceremony at Abellio's Hagen depot on June 9.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced plans to launch a new Frankfurt - Milan service next year in cooperation with both Trenitalia and German Rail (DB).

JUNE 2 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of ICE high-speed rail services and German Rail (DB) celebrated this milestone in German rail history with a display of the four generations of ICE train at Berlin-Grunewald train depot.

BRAUNSCHWEIG Transport (BSVAG) has issued a tender for nine LRVs for delivery by 2019 to be funded largely by the state of Lower Saxony.

FOLLOWING an investigation by the Bundeskartellamt, Germany's federal competition authority, German Rail (DB) has agreed to make what the Bundeskartellamt describes as "far-reaching changes to the sale of passenger tickets," with the aim of curbing discrimination against DB's competitors.

A CEREMONY was held on May 25 to mark the official start of construction of the 4270m Rastatt tunnel which forms part of a €11.6bn project to upgrade the 182km Karlsruhe - Basle main line for 250km/h operation.

GERMAN freight wagon leasing and logistics company VTG has acquired a new major shareholder after the sale of Wilbur Ross's final 20% stake in the company to Kühne Holding, a shipping, logistics and hotel company based in Switzerland.

Significant passenger growth in the past 12 years is forcing Munich Transport (MVG) to engage in a variety of projects in order to continue to offer a high-level of service. CEO Herbert König reflects on the challenges MVG faces to deliver the required improvements with Kevin Smith.

ALBTAL Transport Company (AVG) and Karlsruhe Transport Authority (VBK) have awarded a €59.5m contract to Bombardier for a further 12 Flexity Swift ET 2010 tram-trains.