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December 20, 2021 | News

DB subsidiary wins cross-border tender to serve Eindhoven

Passenger services were due to commence in 2024, but have been delayed to due late rolling stock deliveries.

December 16, 2021 | Commuter Rail

Three operators to replace Abellio in the Ruhr

National Express, Vias and DB Regio to inherit contracts relinquished by the NS subsidiary.

November 23, 2021 | Financial

Abellio to lose Ruhr region contracts from February 2022

The operator is pushing to regain the contracts through emergency awards.

October 6, 2021 | Financial

Keolis to sell Eurobahn and exit German rail market

Operator struggled to make money due to rising staff costs, compensation payments, and the growing costs associated with DB Network's infrastructure failures.

August 23, 2021 | Passenger

Guaranteeing fleet availability through data

Georg Seifert, Gregor Böck and Sascha Guth with Rhine Ruhr Transport Association (VRR), outline the success of the innovative Rhine-Ruhr-Express (RRX) concept which demands almost 100% fleet availability for three decades of operation.

June 24, 2021 | Light Rail

CAF to build more than 60 battery-powered EMUs for Germany

Battery EMUs will be introduced on the Lower Rhine-Münsterland network.

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.

May 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail

VRR tells Abellio to improve Ruhr rail services

RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) issued a formal warning to concessionaire Abellio on May 12 requiring significant improvement to service reliability.

April 21, 2020 | Commuter Rail

VRR appoints DB Regio to operate two Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines

THE Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) has appointed DB Regio to operate S-Bahn lines S1 and S4 under a concession running until 2031.

November 14, 2019 | Infrastructure

New workshop opens for North Rhine-Westphalia fleet

A new €35m workshop was inaugurated by Rhine-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) and Stadler on November 13 to maintain trains operating on behalf of VRR.

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