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Siemens to supply electronic interlockings for DB’s Hannover– Uelzen line
18 June 2012 | By Siemens
As part of the extension of the Hannover–Uelzen line, Siemens are awarded contract...
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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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DB’s continual programme of investments and developments
11 April 2012 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Global Railway Review
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) was founded in 1994 and is now one of the world’s leading passenger and logistics companies. Operating in 130 countries, approximately 290,000 employees, of which about 190,000 are located in Germany, are committed to ensuring that customers are provided with effective and efficient mobility and…
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DB Netze weathers the economic crisis
26 March 2009 | By John Gough, Railway Industry Expert
Rail industry expert John Gough describes the role of DB Netze in the upgrading of the German rail network, despite the challenges of the economic crisis.
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DB to add 1,000km to the high-speed network
28 May 2008 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor, Global Railway Review
In a recent presentation from Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Feldwisch of DB Netz AG given at the UIC High-Speed show in Amsterdam, ambitious plans for enlarging the German high-speed network were explained.
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DB’s experience with Y-steel sleepers
8 April 2008 | By Andreas Beck and Thomas Hempe, Specialists in Track Technology Management, DB Netz AG
Permanent way is required to absorb the static and dynamic forces resulting in vertical (z), lateral (y), and longitudinal (x) directions from railway traffic loads, to effectively distribute them, and to transfer them into the sub-grade at reduced magnitudes. Superimposed on these external forces are additional internal forces arising from…
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The DB Netz operational ‘boom’ continues
3 April 2007 | By Dr. Volker Kefer, Chairman of the Board of Management for DB Netz AG
In an interview for the Global Railway Review, Dr. Volker Kefer, Chairman of the Board of Management for DB Netz AG, explains the companies operational techniques and also discusses future development plans to ensure that DB Netz AG is a company that performs successfully.
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ProNetz – a new strategy that cares
3 April 2007 | By Oliver Kraft, Head of Network Investments, Long-Distance and Conurbation Networks on the Board of Management, DB Netz AG
DB Netz AG is responsible for the entire track infrastructure of Deutsche Bahn. The track network, which encompasses more than 34,000km, is the longest in all of Europe. It is presently used by approximately 350 rail transportation companies. There are approximately 39,000 train movements each day in combined passenger and…
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Current GSM-R situation in Germany
3 April 2007 | By Klaus Müller, Project Manager of GSM-R, DB Netz AG
In 2005, Deutsche Bahn AG became the first transport undertaking in Europe to implement the new standard for digital train radio on the GSM-R system platform (Global System for Mobile Communications – Rail). DB AG is thus pioneering the technological transition from the older analogue communications facilities to the new…
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Crucial breakdown repairs at DB Netz AG
3 April 2007 | By Klaus Stahl, Manager of Process Maintenance, DB Netz AG
Ensuring efficient breakdown repair management for DB Netz AG means the guarantee of availability of the track system around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Creating sustainable quality for railway infrastructures
3 April 2006 | By Wolfgang Scherz, Maintenance Director, DB Netz AG
Competition on Germany’s railways is working. In the time that Deutsche Bahn AG has been in existence there have never been as many train operating companies using the network as there are now. Never before have so many train-path kilometres been worked. Germany is a front-runner as regards the opening…
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Technology for maintenance works
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The increasing change in traffic towards rail, the opening of the market in European railway traffic and the increasing responsibility for providers of railways make heavy demands on the quality and the availability of the rail infrastructure. Effective and efficient maintenance concepts are sought after more than ever. New ways,…
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Operations control centres at Deutsche Bahn AG
3 April 2006 | By Klaus Junker, Member of the Board of DB Netz AG – Operations, Dr. Jörg Bormet, DB Netz AG, Quality of Operations and Doris Brück, DB Netz AG, Operation of Control Centres
In 1995, Deutsche Bahn decided to amalgamate and extensively automate its train scheduling and interlocking control operations by creating seven dedicated competence centres. The objective of the restructuring was to meet the need for comprehensive modernisation of the interlocking systems especially those used in the east of Germany, whilst at…
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Nürnberg-München high speed line
2 March 2005 | By Eckart Fricke, Director Production II, Railion Deutschland AG and Wolfgang Feldwisch, Head of Large-Scale Projects, DB Netz AG
The Nürnberg-München line via Ingolstadt was entered in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan in 1985. The regional planning procedure got underway in July 1989 and in May 1992 the statutory public enquiry for the new-build project was initiated by what was then still Deutsche Bundesbahn. As from 1994, DB Netz…