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January 29, 2021 | Fleet

DB Regio orders 31 trains for Danube-Isar network

GERMAN regional operator DB Regio Bavaria has ordered 31 regional trains from Siemens Mobility, to operate on the Danube-Isar regional network between Munich, Passau and Regensburg.

January 27, 2021 | Fleet

New fleets and funding aids Covid-19 recovery

AS Germany and the rest of Europe hopefully turn a corner with mass vaccination sparking a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the rail industry should also begin to recover this year.

January 26, 2021 | Europe

Five offers received for Schleswig-Holstein tender

GERMANY’s Schleswig-Holstein Local Transport Association (NAH.SH) has announced that it has received five offers in response to a tender to operate its 10.4 million train-km battery-powered regional network, with a decision expected to be made in the first half of this year.

January 19, 2021 | Fleet

DB awards ICE 4 maintenance contract to Siemens

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to undertake IS 600-level maintenance on 40 series 412 ICE 4 high-speed trains, with an option to undertake maintenance on another 50 trains of the same type.

January 11, 2021 | Main line

Fehmarn Belt construction launched with digital ground breaking

THE start of construction of the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany was marked with a digital ground breaking on January 1, with a physical ceremony in Rødbyhavn originally planned to be held on January 4 postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

January 8, 2021 | Europe

Cologne orders six additional LRVS

COLOGNE Transport Authority (KVB) has ordered an additional six Flexity LRVs from Bombardier, expanding its Flexity fleet to 293 vehicles.

January 7, 2021 | News

New contracts in Bavaria, Saxony and NRW - German regional tendering round-up

TRANSPORT authorities across Germany have engaged in tendering processes for various regional concessions in recent weeks. IRJ presents a round-up of the latest activity.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

IRJ In Brief – Fleet: CD Regioshuttles enter service; GySEV expands Desiro fleet; Sinara and Sakhalin sign LNG loco agreement

Czech Republic: Czech Railways (ČD) has begun operation of 22 Regioshuttle DMUs, formerly used by German regional rail operator Southwest Germany Transport (Sweg). The vehicles were purchased via an intermediary, with 13 sets delivered to ČD at the end of 2020. Nine more will be delivered this year, following major maintenance and/or revision. The new vehicles will expand ČD’s fleet of Regioshuttles to 55.

January 1, 2021 | Fleet

New Berlin S-Bahn trains enter service

SHORTLY after midnight on January 1, the first of 10 pre-series trains supplied by Siemens and Stadler entered service on the Berlin S-Bahn.

December 31, 2020 | Light Rail

Electrification agreed as first step to new German tram-train network

THE Baden-Württemberg transport ministry has approved funding for 15kV ac electrification of the 10.4km Erms Valley Railway between Metzingen and Bad Urach, plus the electrification and expansion, with some new double track sections, of the 21.4km Ammer Valley Railway between Tübingen and Herrenberg.

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