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18 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Railway
Public transport company NASA is to award Abellio Germany the contract to operate Lots A and B of the Saxony-Anhalt diesel network (DISA).
14 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
National Express has for the first time begun operating services in Germany on lines RE7 and RB48 of the Rhine Munster Express (RME).
With a length of 18.2km, the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Fehmarn in Germany and Lolland in Denmark will be the world’s longest combined rail and road tunnel and an important piece of EU infrastructure. A tunnel of this length and with handover of trains between Denmark and Germany to…
With more than 33,000km of track, the German rail system Deutsche Bahn (widely known as ‘DB’) handles more than 26,000 passenger trains and 5,100 freight trains every day. While DB operates the majority of trains, trains from other countries also use the system’s tracks for trans-European freight and passenger traffic.…
7 April 2015 | By Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
In international comparisons, Germany is a world leader in terms of infrastructure, logistics and connectivity, writes Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany. This safeguards our competitiveness as an exporting nation, thereby securing growth, prosperity and jobs. Linked with this is a continuous growth in the demand…
7 April 2015 | By Johnny Restrup-Sørensen, Contract Director, Railway at Femern A/S
The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will become the world’s longest immersed tube tunnel for combined road and rail traffic. It will provide a double-track railway and four-lane highway connection between Puttgarden on the German island of Fehmarn and Rødbyhavn on the Danish island of Lolland. After years of detailed investigations, the planning…
7 April 2015 | By Burkhard Bastisch, Managing Director, NWL
Since access to the German rail market was open to all rail operators, competition for services has strengthened the railway’s ability to compete with other modes of transport. Burkhard Bastisch, Managing Director of NWL – the transport authority for the Westphalia-Lippe region – explains NWL’s responsibilities and policies and how…
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…
23 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
TX Logistik AG (TXL) has announced an increase in freight service between Herne (Germany) and Malmö (Sweden) from six to eight departures per week.
11 April 2014 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor, Global Railway Review
Capital expenditure by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is rising by over 5% annually, but certification problems are giving suppliers pause for thought. In late-February 2014, DB put on hold its proposed high-speed Frankfurt–London rail service – news that came as little surprise. The project has been dogged by delays ever…
