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March 19, 2020 | Policy

German rail industry warns of significant impact on supply chains

GERMANY’s Rail Industry Association (VDB) is warning that the railway manufacturing supply chain faces significant impact due to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 18, 2020 | Fleet

DB awards braking modernisation contract to Knorr-Bremse

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a framework contract to Knorr-Bremse to modernise the braking equipment on VT 642 Desiro Classic DMUs.

March 17, 2020 | Light Rail

Major expansion of Chemnitz tram-train network underway

MID Saxony Transport Authority (VMS) has released a planning consultancy tender to design the first 2.3km section of the planned 17km “Step 4” line of the Chemnitzer Modell tram-train network.

March 17, 2020 | Fleet

Baden-Württemberg purchases 20 battery-electric trains

STATE-owned leasing company Baden-Württemberg State Rail Vehicle Authority (SFBW) has ordered 20 Mireo Plus B battery-electric multiple units from Siemens, including 30 years maintenance.

March 16, 2020 | Policy

Borders close in Europe halting international train services

GERMANY’s decision to close its border with Austria, Switzerland, France and Denmark due to the coronavirus pandemic means that international passenger services to most of these countries have been cancelled.

March 10, 2020 | Fleet

Third Chinese hybrid locomotive for DB delivered

DESPITE significant disruption to logistics caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China, the third of four 750kW diesel-battery hybrid locomotives built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive for German Rail (DB) arrived in Germany in early March.

March 3, 2020 | High-speed

Agreement for new Dresden - Prague high-speed line signed

GERMANY and the Czech Republic have reached an agreement to construct a high-speed line, including a 25km tunnel, between the German city of Dresden and the Czech capital of Prague.

March 2, 2020 | Infrastructure

Work on final section of Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven upgrade gets underway

A ceremony was held on February 28 to mark the start of work to electrify and track double the 9km Oldenburg - Rastede section of the 70km Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven line, the final phase of a project to improve rail freight connections to Germany’s JadeWeserPort at Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast.

February 25, 2020 | Technology

IRJ in brief - Technology: Satellite rail positioning - batteries for iLint - cloud-based analytics

NORWAY: Bane NOR and the Norwegian Mapping Authority have entered into a collaboration agreement for a project that will use satellite signals to measure track position on selected routes.

February 20, 2020 | Main line

Hessian State Railway re-awarded Wetterau West-East services

THE Rhein-Main Transport Association (RMV) has re-awarded Hessian State Railway (HLB) a 10-year contract to operate Wetterau West-East services on regional lines in the Wetterau region of Hesse.

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