Latest Germany News
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Competition Authorities Give Thumbs Up to SNCF Deal
The new partnership between the two rail freight companies starts officially beginning of July. An agreement was reached with SNCF Logistics…
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Deutsche Bahn Assists Reformation Celebrations
Deutsche Bahn is the official mobility partner of the 2017 Reformation Anniversary. More than 100 shuttle trains serviced Wittenberg at the …
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Germany: HzL Orders 10 Alstom Coradia Lint Regional Trains
Alstom has received an order worth around €50 million from Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL) for the supply of 10 Coradia Lint regional t…
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German Train Derails Due to Mudslide
German train derails due to a mudslide following torrential rainfall in Thuringia, east Germany, on Friday evening. Recovery works are to be…
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DB Regio Orders Additional Coradia Continental Trains
Alstom and DB Regio AG have signed a new contract for 25 Coradia Continental electric multiple units for the region of Saarland and...
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First Cross-Border Tram Line Between France and Germany Inaugurated
Alstom inaugurated the first cross-border tram line between France and Germany on April 28, with the first passengers crossing the bridge of…
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Vlexx Orders 21 New TALENT 3 Trains for Saarland
Bombardier Transportation and emerging transport company vlexx GmbH have signed a contract to provide 21 three-car BOMBARDIER TALENT 3 train…
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Richard Lutz to be New CEO of Deutsche Bahn
The new CEO of Deutsche Bahn has been announced as Richard Lutz when the Supervisory Board met on 22 March, following Rüdiger Grube's resign…
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Berlin Expands Germany's Largest Tram Network with Additional FLEXITY Vehicles
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced today that it will provide an additional 21 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY trams to the Germa…
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Five New Coradia Lint Regional Trains for Germany
Alstom has received an order worth over €20 million from the Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG for the supply of five Coradia Lint Regional Trains.
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German Railway Industry Demands Policies for More Rail Transport
The eight associations of the German railway industry recently presented three common political demands for the Bundestag election and for t…
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We Need to Talk about Phones – Distraction Kills
We normally think of drivers using phones when we think of transport-related deaths due to phones. But distraction kills in rail travel too.
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COMLAB AG Wins Major Order in Germany
COMLAB AG has won the tender for outfitting approximately 400 Deutsche Bahn trains with a mobile telecommunications system...
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This was InnoTrans 2016!
InnoTrans 2016 took place this September. We attended to give you the highlights along with companies we feel deserve a mention for all that…
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Premiere in Berlin: The ICE 4 has Arrived
Deutsche Bahn’s ICE 4 long-distance train has been presented to the public, with a new dimension of quality assurance and improved passenger…
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ASC Announces Upgrade to Popular OS Accelerometers
ASC, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors and accelerometers has announced upgrades to their OS Accelerometers (series MEMS C…
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Bombardier Win LNVG Maintenance Contract
Bombardier have announced the confirmation that it has won the LNVG maintenance contract from the German regional rail authority.
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Early Handover of Some Niederrhein Network Lines
In advance of the beginning of the contract, Abellio North Rhine Westphalia began operating lines RB 33 and RB 35 of the Niederrhein Network…
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Keolis Preferred Bidder for Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail
VRR and NWL have named Keolis as preferred bidder to operate the Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail services in the metropolitan region.
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Škoda Unveil Deutsche Bahn Regio Locomotive
Škoda Transportation have unveiled their latest locomotive for German operator Deutsche Bahn Regio; the cutting-edge Emil Zátopek universal …
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Abellio to Operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Abellio North Rhine Westphalia have won a contract to operate Lot B of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, using 29 new Stadler FLIRT3 type EMUs.
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Skoda Win Chemnitz Tram Contract
Skoda Transportation has won the Chemnitz tram contract for 14 modern vehicles of the ForCity range. The contract is worth approximately €36…
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Abellio Order Bombardier TALENT 2 Trains
Abellio Rail Südwest GmbH has ordered 43 Bombardier TALENT 2 Trains from Bombardier Transportation in a €215 million contract for Baden-Würt…
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ASC 10th Anniversary Celebrated with Product Launch
ASC 10th anniversary is marked with product launch of a new piezoelectric accelerometers and new gyros and IMUs, as well as a new website.