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September 17, 2020 | Freight

Learning the lessons of Rastatt

Developed following the Rastatt incident in 2017, the ICM Handbook is designed to improve responses to disruptions along the Rail Freight Corridor network. Christiane Warnecke and Alessandro Fattorini from the Rhine-Alpine Rail Freight Corridor talk with David Burroughs about how guidelines from the handbook and other lessons learned from the Rastatt incident were put into practice following an accident at Auggen in April.

September 15, 2020 | Passenger

Germany’s open-access operator revamped and ready to grow

FlixTrain, Germany largest open-access long-distance passenger operator, started to reintroduce train services on July 23 following a four-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. As FlixTrain’s managing director, Fabian Stenger, explains to David Briginshaw, passengers are returning, and the company intends to resume its expansion plans next year.

September 14, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier delivers first Duisburg LRV

BOMBARDIER has delivered the first of two prototype three-section low-floor LRVs for Duisburg Transport Company (DVG).

September 9, 2020 | Fleet

Rheinbahn chooses supplier for new LRVs

RHEINBAHN, which operates a regional light rail network between Duisburg and Düsseldorf in Germany’s Ruhr region, has selected a manufacturer to supply 91 new LRVs following a tender announced in May.

September 9, 2020 | Financial

VDB - outlook for German rail industry exports bleak

THE German Railway Industry Association (VDB) has warned of long-term economic effects from the Covid-19 pandemic on the international railway market, with a large section of the industry anticipating a bleak outlook for the coming year.

September 9, 2020 | Financial

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Financial: VR reports loss; Fall in demand hurts PKP Cargo; DB offers inter-city discounts to young people

Finland: National operator VR has reported an operating loss of €19.5m for the first half of 2020, compared with an operating profit of €54.7m for the same period in 2019.

September 8, 2020 | Technology

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Technology: Mapping trackside vegetation through machine learning; RZD and Tele2 model inter-city traffic flow; Sydney Trains deploys new safety systems.

Germany: German Rail (DB), in collaboration with technology startup LiveEO, is employing machine learning to analyse satellite images to create digital vegetation maps across its network. The intention is to identify trees that are especially vulnerable to extreme weather, to better manage potential disruption in the event of storms.

September 8, 2020 | Passenger

Pandemic pushes German operators to the brink

Germany’s Covid-19 lockdown resulted in passenger rail use falling to around 10% of normal levels in much of March and April, causing economic devastation to the sector. As operators embark on their respective recoveries, Kevin Smith analyses the impact of the crisis and its implications for the future of the market.

September 4, 2020 | Main line

Tender to operate Middle Rhine Railway services launched

THREE German regional rail passenger transport authorities, Rhineland-Palatinate North (SPNV-North) and South (ZSPNV South) and the Rhineland Public Transport Association (NVR), have released a tender to operate services on the Middle Rhine Railway from the December 2023 timetable change.

September 3, 2020 | Infrastructure

Germany to accelerate digital interlocking installation

THE German Railway Industry Association (VDB), the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) and German Rail (DB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the roll-out of digital interlockings across the German network, with a target to upgrade 10 regions by the end of 2021.

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