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Stuttgart Digital Nodes (DKS)

June 15, 2026 | Financial

Stuttgart 21 suffers another setback

New underground station project might be delayed until 2031 or later.

January 28, 2026 | Financial

Baden-Württemberg secures funding for onboard ETCS

German federal government will provide €340m to Baden-Württemberg and Stuttgart for retrofitting fleets with onboard ETCS equipment.

January 16, 2026 | Fleet

Baden-Württemberg orders more Alstom EMUs

German state orders an additional 26 Coradia Max EMUs under €500m contract.

March 28, 2024 | Infrastructure

Further delays could derail planned opening of new Stuttgart station

DB has confirmed that is uncertain whether it can meet the planned December 2025 date for partial opening of the new through station in Stuttgart.

August 10, 2023 | Fleet

Siemens wins €300m order to supply automatic trains to Stuttgart

This is Siemens’ first order for Digital Rail Germany-compliant trains.

April 13, 2023 | Signalling

Stuttgart leads the way in German ETCS rollout

Stuttgart Digital Nodes is a flagship project in German Rail’s (DB) pursuit of digitalisation. The work by the local DB team is providing interesting lessons for other ETCS rollout projects, including within DB itself, as Kevin Smith reports.

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