GERMAN Rail (DB) has selected Mitsubishi Electric to modernise traction equipment on 46 ICE 2 high-speed trains in a deal worth €22m up to 2019.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Vossloh celebrated the delivery of the 100th G6 diesel shunting locomotive at InnoTrans on September 24, when it handed over one of six units ordered by SNCF Geodis subsidiary Captrain Germany.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: GERMAN Rail (DB) announced at InnoTrans on September 24 that it has placed a further order for 26 three-car Link DMUs with Pesa as part of a framework agreement signed with the Polish supplier at InnoTrans 2012 for up to 470 sets.
Enhancement projects are underway along the Rhine corridor to upgrade rail infrastructure and terminal facilities, increasing capacity to meet the enormous growth in freight predicted at Rhine delta ports, Anitra Green reports from Germany.
New operators and new rolling stock have brought a splash of colour to Germany's liberalised regional passenger market. They have also arguably greatly improved the level of service on offer. Kevin Smith gauges the views of some of the leading public transport authorities and private concessionaires on the current condition of the market and how they see it developing.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: The first of five new-generation H3 hybrid shunting locomotives was handed over today by Alstom to German Rail's (DB) board member for technology and the environment Dr Heike Hanagarth.
IRJ at InnoTrans: Speaking at the opening ceremony of InnoTrans 2014 in Berlin, the CEO of German Rail (DB) Dr Rüdiger Grube called for rail to be treated more fairly compared with other modes.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Solaris, Poland, is exhibiting one of 18 Tramino low-floor LRVs for Braunschweig Transport (BSVAG) at InnoTrans this week.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Transtech, Finland, is displaying the second of two pre-series Artic low-floor LRVs for Helsinki City Transport (HKL) this week, before sending the metre-gauge vehicle for trials in the German city of Würzburg.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: The CEO of the German Railway Industry Association, Prof Dr Ronald Pörner, has called for a major increase in investment in railway infrastructure in Germany.
