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April 7, 2020 | Fleet

BOB begins testing of new Lint DMU fleet

ALSTOM has delivered the first of 31 Coradia Lint DMUs to Bavarian Oberland Railway (BOB) ahead of the start of testing on the Oberland network.

April 6, 2020 | Fleet

Vlexx begins operation with Bombardier EMUs

GERMAN regional operator Vlexx introduced the first two new Talent 3 three-car EMUs on the RB 74 line between Homburg and Illingen, in Saarland, on March 31.

April 3, 2020 | Freight

Freight train accident kills driver in southwest Germany

THE driver of an SBB Cargo International freight train is dead and several lorry drivers are injured after a locomotive hauling a rolling road service collided with a concrete bridge section at Auggen on the Karlsruhe - Basle main line, about 20km north of Basle, at around 19.30 on April 2.

April 3, 2020 | Fleet

LNVG invites bids to refurbish double-deck coaches

LOWER Saxony public transport authority (LNVG) invites bids by May 13 for a contract to refurbish 169 intermediate coaches from its fleet of Bombardier push-pull double-deck trains.

March 30, 2020 | Fleet

Hessian State Railway orders 30 Alstom DMUs

HESSIAN State Railway (HLB) has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €120m to supply 30 Coradia Lint DMUs.

March 26, 2020 | Commuter Rail

EMU delivery delays forces Abellio to sub-contract Neckar Valley service

ABELLIO Rail Baden-Württemberg has announced that it will sub-contract part of the Neckar Valley (Neckartal) contract it operates around Stuttgart to private operator Wedler Franz Logistics (WFL) from June.

March 26, 2020 | Financial

DB passenger numbers up but profit down in 2019

GERMAN Rail (DB) carried 151 million long-distance passengers on its inter-city and ICE services in 2019, up 1.9% from 2018, the first time the company has carried more than 150 million passengers and the fifth consecutive year of growth.

March 25, 2020 | Europe

DB to continue to pay workers impacted by coronavirus as German services cut back

GERMAN Rail (DB) has concluded an agreement with two trade unions, EVG and GDL, confirming that there will be no layoffs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 25, 2020 | Policy

EC approves public financing of Denmark - Germany road-rail tunnel

THE European Commission (EC) has found the public financing model proposed by Denmark for the road-rail Fehmarn Belt coast-to-coast tunnel between Denmark and Germany is in line with EU state aid rules.

March 20, 2020 | Fleet

Stadler wins €3bn Berlin U-Bahn train order

BERLIN Transport Authority (BVG) has awarded a framework contract, which could be worth nearly €3bn, to Stadler for 1500 metro cars for the U-Bahn network.

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