HAMBURG U-Bahn operator Hamburger Hochbahn has exercised an option worth around €100m with Alstom for a further 27 DT5 trains.
SWEDISH open-access operator and traction provider Hector Rail has acquired 15 six-axle class 151 freight locomotives from DB Schenker with the aim of offering railfreight operators a cost-effective alternative to leasing new locomotives.
BADEN-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the state's public transport authority NVBW have published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to operate the Ulm star regional network south of Stuttgart for 13 years and six months from June 2019.
BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has published an international tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to operate regional services from Nuremberg to Coburg and Sonneberg in the neighbouring state of Thuringia via the southern section of the 107km Ebensfeld - Erfurt high-speed line, which is due to open in 2017.
BADEN-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the state's public transport authority have published an international tender notice for the operation of the Aulendorfer Kreuz regional network.
EUROMAINT, Sweden, announced on December 28 that it has sold all of its shares in its German rolling stock maintenance business to Iberia Capital Group, Luxembourg, for an undisclosed sum.
MID-SAXONY Transport Authority (VMS) says it will start using eight electro-diesel Citylink tram-trains for services from Chemnitz city centre to Hainichen, Burgstadt and Mittweida in early 2016.
THE German state of Saarland's Ministry of Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport has published a tender in the Official Journal of the European Union for a concession to operate passenger services on the Saar RN electric network for 15 years from December 2019.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced the outcome of months of strategic review, assisted by consulting firm McKinsey, confirming a programme of measures to tackle the company's worsening financial performance.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has confirmed that as part of its planned cost reductions for next year it will cease operating all overnight trains with sleeper, couchette and specially-equipped overnight seating coaches from December 15 2016.
