All Germany articles – Page 32

  • Tunnel_RP04119
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    Tunnel breakthrough marks Stuttgart 21 milestone

    2020-05-12T10:58:00Z

    GERMANY: The controversial Stuttgart 21 programme to remodel the railways around the city and replace its main station by an underground hub reached an important milestone on May 6 with the holing through of the eastern bore of the Filder tunnel at Stuttgart Hbf. Running between ...

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    Metro Report International

    Berlin to resume S-Bahn tendering

    2020-05-07T12:13:00Z

    GERMANY: Tenders are to be invited this month for contracts to operate the north-south and east-west service groups on the Berlin S-Bahn from the end of December 2027, ending a five-year hiatus in putting the routes out to competitive bidding.

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    DB Regio retains Franken-Südthüringen operating contract

    2020-05-04T09:53:00Z

    Source: Juergen Moeller GERMANY: DB Regio will continue to operate local services in the Franken-Südthüringen region around Bamberg, Lichtenfels and Coburg, organising authority Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft confirmed on April 29. Following a European tendering process, the state-owned operator has been awarded a 12-year contract running from December 2023 ...

  • Neheim-Hüsten station
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    Passenger service reintroduction study

    2020-04-29T06:00:00Z

    Source: GeorgDerReisende / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) GERMANY: Local bus and rail freight operator Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe has commissioned Spiekermann Consulting Engineers to undertake studies for the proposed reintroduction of passenger services on the 14·4 km Röhrtalbahn from Neheim-Hüsten to Sundern in Nordrhein-Westfalen. This will include assessing the signalling ...

  • Vossloh has classed its Transportation division as a discontinued operation.
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    Competition authority clears CRRC acquisition of Vossloh Locomotives

    2020-04-27T15:19:00Z

    GERMANY: The proposed acquisition of Vossloh Locomotives GmbH by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotives Co was cleared by the national competition authority on April 27.

  • More than 3 800 students from all over the world are expected to attend InnoTrans in Berlin during September 2020.
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    April 2021 date for InnoTrans announced

    2020-04-27T08:03:00Z

    INNOTRANS: The rescheduled InnoTrans railway and transport trade fair will now take place from April 27 to 30 2021, organiser Messe Berlin has confirmed.

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    DHL targets 10-day China – Europe transit time

    2020-04-24T07:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: DHL is looking at further reductions in transit times between China and Europe, following the success of a service between Xi’an in China and Hamburg and Neuss in Germany which was launched in November. ‘With our partners in this project, China Railway, UTLC ERA and Belintertrans, ...

  • Hamburg metro operator Hamburger Hochbahn has put an Alstom HESOP reversible power substation into commercial service at Rauhes Haus station on Line U2.
    Metro Report International

    Hamburg metro deploys Alstom energy recovery system

    2020-04-23T14:30:00Z

    GERMANY: Hamburg metro operator Hamburger Hochbahn has put an Alstom HESOP reversible power substation into commercial service at Rauhes Haus station on Line U2. This is the first German deployment for the technology, which both supplies traction power and recovers braking energy. It is also the first ...

  • Messe Berlin has rescheduled the InnoTrans 2020 trade fair, the biggest event in the rail industry calendar.
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    InnoTrans 2020 moved to new date

    2020-04-22T09:08:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Organiser Messe Berlin has rescheduled the InnoTrans 2020 trade fair, the biggest event in the rail industry calendar. The Messe Berlin venue has more than 3 km of outdoor tracks for rail vehicles to be displayed. InnoTrans 2020 was to have ...

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    Metro Report International

    Driver sign-on system adapted for social distancing

    2020-04-17T13:29:00Z

    GERMANY: Moveo Software has provided a temporary update for the duty registration system used by München transport operator MVB, enabling drivers to sign into work using mobile devices from their vehicle instead of a using web-based terminal in a shared staff room. ‘Usually, many drivers meet in ...

  • de Frankfurt Airport Bombardier Innovia 100 peoplemover-2
    Metro Report International

    Frankfurt Airport peoplemover operations and upgrading contract signed

    2020-04-16T08:54:00Z

    GERMANY: Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €103m contract to continue operating and maintaining the SkyLine peoplemover for a further 10-years, and to modernise the signalling system with the deployment of its Cityflo 650 communications-based train control. Cityflo 650 is in operation at ...

  • Snälltåget Berlin to Malmö overnight train (3)
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    Berlin – Malmö night train to continue despite closure of ferry route

    2020-04-14T10:08:00Z

    EUROPE: The Berlin Night Express overnight train between Sweden and Germany will continue to run despite shipping company Stena Line’s plans to close the Trelleborg – Sassnitz ferry route which the train uses to cross the Baltic, operator Snälltåget has told Railway Gazette International. ...

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn Class 422 EMU
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    DB Regio selected for retendered Rhein-Ruhr operating contract

    2020-04-07T10:23:00Z

    GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR and its Westfalen Lippe counterpart NWL have selected DB Regio as preferred bidder for a retendered contract to operate S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr services S1 Dortmund – Solingen and S4 Lütgendortmund – Unna. The contract covering 4·9 million train-km/ year is due to run ...

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    Wangen bridge opened

    2020-04-07T10:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has opened the largest single structure to be built as part of the München – Lindau electrification project, a 116 m long bridge over the River Obere Argen south of Wangen station. The bridge was opened on March 29, replacing an old bridge which ...

  • DB Schenker has organised the transport of several hundred tonnes of pasta by rail from Italy to Germany,
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    Short-notice spaghetti trains organised to get pasta across the Alps

    2020-04-06T08:25:00Z

    Source: DB Schenker EUROPE: DB Schenker has organised the transport of several hundred tonnes of pasta by rail from Italy to Germany, enabling 650 Aldi supermarkets to replenish supplies which had been depleted by customers stocking up during the coronavirus pandemic. The first delivery included 10 wagons ...

  • de Bremen Siemens Nordlicht tram BSAG (1)
    Metro Report International

    Northern Lights tram delivered to Bremen

    2020-04-01T11:05:00Z

    GERMANY: The first of 77 Avenio trams ordered by Bremen operator BSAG arrived in the city from Siemens Mobility’s Wien plant on March 31. Another is currently undergoing trials at the Wildenrath test centre. The Type GT8N-2 trams have been branded Nordlicht (Northern ...

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    Metro Report International

    Berlin studies U-Bahn extensions

    2020-03-31T12:30:00Z

    GERMANY: Three extensions of the Berlin U-Bahn network have been deemed ‘structurally and technically’ feasible, according to a study commissioned by the city government.

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    Record long-distance passenger traffic at DB in 2019, but freight falls back

    2020-03-30T13:59:00Z

    A record number of passengers travelled on DB’s inter-city trains in 2019. GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn announced on March 26 that it had carried 150∙7 million passengers on its ICE and IC services during 2019, an increase of 1∙9% over the previous year; it was the fifth ...

  • HLB Alstom Lint 41 DMU impression (Alstom Design & Styling)
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    Hessische Landesbahn orders Stage V compliant Alstom DMUs

    2020-03-30T13:51:00Z

    Source: Alstom Design & Styling GERMANY: Hessische Landesbahn has placed a €120m firm order for Alstom to supply 30 two-car Coradia Lint 41 regional diesel multiple-units for use on Wetterau West-Ost services from 2022. These will be the first Coradia Lint 41 DMUs to be equipped with ...

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    MKB orders Vectron Dual Mode locomotives

    2020-03-27T11:26:00Z

    GERMANY: Mindener Kreisbahnen has ordered two Vectron Dual Mode electro-diesel locomotives from Siemens Mobility. These will be able to operate from the 15 kV 16·7 Hz overhead electrification or by using a 2 400 kW diesel engine on non-electrified routes. The locos are scheduled to be delivered ...