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November 6, 2019 | Policy

German government to block Vossloh Locomotives sale?

THE planned sale of the Vossloh Locomotives subsidiary to Chinese rail engineering conglomerate CRRC may be blocked by the German government. Local media reports suggest the government is planning to veto the purchase using laws that regulate foreign trade and investment.

November 4, 2019 | Main line

Train driver numbers in Germany rise, but shortage continues

GERMAN national pro-rail lobby group Allianz pro Schiene has published figures showing that the number of qualified train drivers in Germany have risen to nearly 47,000, a 12% increase over four years.

October 30, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB and Rail.One celebrate inauguration of new turnout bearer plant in Schwandorf

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Rail.One have opened a new plant in Schwandorf, southern Germany, to produce prestressed concrete turnout sleepers.

October 28, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Abellio subcontracts DB Regio for S-Bahn services due to driver shortage

ABELLIO Rail, a subsidiary of Netherlands Railways (NS), has announced in the Official Journal of the European Union that it has subcontracted DB Regio to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Line S3 (Oberhausen - Essen - Hattingen) between December 15 and March 1 2020.

October 15, 2019 | Fleet

NAH.SH and Stadler sign battery Flirt contract

SCHLESWIG-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH has signed a €600m contract with Stadler to supply 55 Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple units, after naming the company as preferred bidder in June.

October 11, 2019 | High-speed

DB to improve international passenger services

GERMAN Rail (DB) plans to introduce its new ICE 4 high-speed trains on services from northern Germany to Switzerland with the start of the new timetable on December 15.

October 9, 2019 | Main line

FlixTrain expands its German rail network

GERMAN private open-access operator FlixTrain has announced plans to expand its long-distance rail services by adding additional stops and new routes to its network.

October 9, 2019 | Main line

DB to launch new Rostock - Dresden IC service

GERMAN Rail (DB) plans to introduce a new Inter-City (IC) service linking Rostock, Berlin and Dresden with the introduction of the new timetable on December 15.

October 8, 2019 | Technology

Autonomous tram depot research project launched in Potsdam

A consortium of German companies including Siemens and Potsdam Transport Authority (ViP) has launched a three-year research project called Autonomous Tram in Depot (Astrid) to develop a fully automated tram depot.

October 8, 2019 | Freight

RheinCargo launches industrial rail division

FOLLOWING a successful pilot project with ArcelorMittal, German port and rail logistics company RheinCargo has launched a new division called Works and Industrial Rail, which will provide shunting and infrastructure services for industrial rail networks.

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