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DB Netz AG
As a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG (the national railway company of Germany), DB Netz AG is responsible for the country’s rail infrastructure. DB Netz AG’s most important mission is to guarantee the basis for safe and reliable rail transport operations.
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Stadler to retrofit Deutsche Bahn vehicles with signalling equipment
Stadler have signed a contract to retrofit up to 80 DB Netz AG maintenance and track service vehicles with signalling equipment.
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DB Netz extends preventive rail maintenance contract
DB Netz have ordered innovative high-speed grinding activity to be carried out across 12,000km of its rail tracks during 2023.
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PLK plan for better journeys by rail on Szczecin to German border
PLK are planning work on the railway lines between Szczecin Główny and the Polish-German border to shorten travel times and offer better access to trains.
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Philipp Nagl becomes the new CEO of DB Netz AG
DB Netz AG have announced that Frank Sennhenn will be succeeded by Dr Philipp Nagl as CEO, after holding the role for more than nine years.
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Germany’s Finnentrop interlocking to be digitalised by Siemens Mobility
As part of the country-wide programme to accelerate the implementation of Germany’s digital interlocking projects by 2021, Siemens Mobility will fully digitalise the Finnentrop interlocking in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia.
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DB and partners to accelerate digitalisation of Germany’s rail network
Deutsche Bahn will work with the German federal government and the industry to deliver a range of digitalisation improvements across the country's rail network in 2021.
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Siemens Mobility delivers 84th and final train for RRX fleet
The trains were originally ordered from Siemens Mobility in 2015 with a total contract volume of €1.7 billion.
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EU-funded 5GRAIL project for development of FRMCS officially launched
The 5GRAIL project will aim to validate the first FRMCS specifications by developing and testing prototypes for the FRMCS ecosystem for both trackside infrastructure and on-board use.
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SFERA: Supporting the deployment of connected-DAS systems
Chloé Lima-Vanzeler (SNCF Voyageurs), Sébastien Dislaire (SNCF Réseau) and Thomas Sutter (SBB Infrastructure) explain how railway undertakings and infrastructure managers have established a coalition for train energy savings and rail traffic efficiency.
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Equipped for the future with an Integrated Control System
The German infrastructure manager DB Netz AG is currently piloting its new control system in Duisburg. Dr. Christian Gruß, Head of the companies Traffic Management and Operations division, highlights in an interview whether the nationwide roll-out of the first stage of development is on track for 2020...
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‘Zukunft Bahn’: The future of railway
Frank Sennhenn, CEO of DB Netz AG, explains how the organisation makes use of technology and innovation to improve the quality and availability of Germany’s railway infrastructure.
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Germany: Huge infrastructure modernisation project continues after signing of new Agreement
7 April 2015 | By Frank Sennhenn, CEO of DB Netz AG
Success of financing rail infrastructure in Germany is now in its second round. The second Performance and Financing Agreement (Leistungs- und Finanzierungsvereinbarung, ‘LuFV II’) between the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) was signed at the beginning of January 2015. The conclusion of…
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Signalling & Telecommunications supplement
In our latest free-to-view Signalling & Telecommunications Supplement, read about the state of ETCS across Europe plus an openETCS@ITEA2 project update...