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April 9, 2023 | Employment

IRJ News in brief - Fresh Faces

Changes at the top at Hitachi Rail, Škoda Group, Latvian Railways, Alpha Trains, Mermec Group and VBB.

January 25, 2022 | Infrastructure

Planning agreed for new Berlin S-Bahn lines

Plans include constructing new lines and using existing freight routes.

January 18, 2022 | Infrastructure

Three options revealed for planned Siemensbahn route extension

The reactivated branch line would serve a huge new Siemens development including housing.

November 9, 2021 | Europe

Germany - Poland cross-border line to reopen

Weekend services will resume on Cottbus - Guben - Zielona Góra Główna route from June 12 2022.

June 21, 2021 | Financial

Incumbents win majority of recent German contracts

Contracts awarded in Berlin-Brandenburg, North Rhine Westfalia, Saxony, and Hessen.

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.

February 14, 2020 | Fleet

DB Regio orders Mireo trains for Lausitz network

DB Regio has ordered 18 three-car Mireo EMUs from Siemens for services on the Lausitz regional network in Brandenburg and Saxony.

March 26, 2019 | Fleet

ODEG orders Siemens Desiro EMUs for Elbe-Spree network

EAST German Railway Company (ODEG) has awarded Siemens a €300m contract to supply 23 Desiro high-capacity EMUs for services on lines RE1, RE8 and RB17 on the Elbe-Spree network.

March 19, 2019 | Main line

Lausitz network services tendered

THE Brandenburg ministry of infrastructure and state planning and the Leipzig local transport authority ZVNL have issued a call for tenders for an operation contract on the Lausitz network via regional transport authority VBB.

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