Latest Germany News
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DB Netz to Invest 825 Million Euros in Upgrading Its High-Speed Lines
DB Netz, the infrastructure arm of Deutsche Bahn, has announced it will invest €825 million in upgrading its high-speed rail network by 2023…
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DB Invests Additional Billion Euros in ICE 1 and ICE 4 Trains
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced it has ordered additional ICE 4 trains. In doing so the company is topping up its investment of 5.3 billion…
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Germany: Go-Ahead Orders 22 Electric FLIRT Railcars from Stadler
Stadler has accepted a contract from Go-Ahead to build 22 electric FLIRT railcars for operation on the Allgäu E network in Baden-Württemberg…
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Coradia iLint: First Hydrogen-Powered Trains Start Services in Germany
The Coradia iLint, the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, designed by Alstom Transport, has started passenger services in Lower Saxony, G…
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Leo Express Second-Largest Open-Access Operator in Germany
Private Czech rail company Leo Express entered the German rail market in partnership with FlixTrain a year ago on 24 August 2017. It runs se…
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Bombardier "Banking" on New High-Tech Laboratory
Bombardier Transportation has opened a new high-tech laboratory in Mannheim, Germany. The laboratory will develop and test electronic train …
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German Government Releases Funds to Increase Energy Efficiency in Rail
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in Germany has launched a new programme to support energy efficiency in …
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Germany: Coradia iLint Receives Federal Approval for Commercial Operation
Alstom has announced that the Coradia iLint, the first passenger train in the world powered by hydrogen cells has received approval from the…
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German Unification Transport Project: New Marshalling Yard Opens in Halle
The German Unification Transport Project is made up of major transport infrastructure projects for road and rail and water to improve transp…
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EU: European Court of Auditors Criticises Policies and Infrastructure on High-Speed Rail
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a report which is highly critical of high speed rail services in the European Union.The EC…
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Škoda Sells 80 Trams to Operator in Southwest Germany
Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (rnv), which operates trams in the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, has ordered 80 vehicles from…
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Germany: Frankfurt Orders 38 Citadis Trams from Alstom
Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF), which operates transport in Frankfurt, Germany has ordered 38 Citadis trams from Al…
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New Bombardier Assembly Hall Opens in Saxony, Germany
The German division of Bombardier Transportation has opened a new final assembly hall in Bautzen. The production spectrum at the Bombardier …
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Germany: DB Schenker Starts Using Intelligent Scanning Glove in Eching Warehouse
DB Schenker Logistics, a subsidiary of Deutsch Bahn AG, has announced the adoption of a new innovation at its warehouse in Eching, Germany: …
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Michael Odenwald Elected New Chairman of DB Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG today unanimously elected Michael Odenwald to serve as its new chairman. He succeeds Professor Utz…
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German State of Hesse Orders Additional Regional Trains
Alstom has received an order worth over €27 million from Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB), transport operator in the state of Hesse, for the …
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Alstom to Supply 25 Coradia Lint Regional Trains to Southern Germany
Alstom has received two orders for the supply of a total of 25 Coradia Lint regional trains in southern Germany. DB Regio Bayern has ordered…
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Siemens Consortium to Build Fully Automated People Mover for Frankfurt Airport
Fraport AG, operator of the Frankfurt Airport, has commissioned Siemens, lead in a consortium with Max Bögl Group and Keolis Deutschland Gmb…
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New Locomotive Concept Unveiled for the German Rail Freight Market
The Smartron has already received approval for operating in Germany. The locomotives can now be ordered and will be delivered beginning late…
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New Adidas Trainers Double as a Public Transport Pass
German operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has partnered with Adidas Originals to release a very unique shoe, the Adidas EQT Support 93…
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Germany: Duisburg Orders Bidirectional Flexity Trams
Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a contract by Duisburg's public transport operator, DVG, to supply 47 new Bombardier Flexity Tram…
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PROSE Performs First Checkup of the New FLIRT 3 Trains for Stuttgart
PROSE has announced that after the design phase of the new FLIRT 3 trains for Stuttgart was completed, they have now started the acceptance …
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Alstom to Supply 14 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trains to Lower Saxony
the Local Transport Authority of Lower Saxony (LNVG), Alstom and Linde have signed contracts on the delivery of 14 hydrogen fuel cell trains…
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Bombardier Transportation Confirms German Restructuring
The Management and the General Works Council of Bombardier Transportation GmbH have signed a general company agreement regarding the transfo…