DB and Vossloh cooperate on preventive rail maintenance
German rail technology company Vossloh and German rail infrastructure manager DB Netz are extending their collaboration in the realm of proactive rail maintenance, utilising Vossloh High Speed Grinding (HSG) technology.Read more
ÖBB and DB to double night train traffic by 2030
Austrian operator ÖBB and its German counterpart Deutsche Bahn have announced their plans for international trains in the coming years. The number of services will increase, and new night train connection from Berlin and Vienna...Read more
How are rail infrastructure managers dealing with extreme heat in Europe?
Climate change adaptationCombating climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Extreme weather phenomena such as heat waves and floods are becoming increasingly common. This is forcing infrastructure managers to adapt to this...Read more
North sea wind energy to power German trains from 2026
DB Group subsidiary DB Energie and the Karlsruhe-based energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have concluded a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for green electricity. This long-term supply contract involves a new wind farm scheduled to...Read more
Talgo’s ICE L for Deutsche Bahn begins testing in Germany
The first of 79 ICE L long-distance and high-speed trains to be built by the Spanish manufacturer Talgo for Deutsche Bahn (DB) have reached Lower Saxony, in Germany. The ICE L is specially adapted to...Read moreDB to expand digital maintenance efforts in bid to speed up checks
Deutsche Bahn is shifting its attention to AI-supported camera’s, robots and digital measuring systems to speed up maintenance on the S-Bahn commuter trains. The effort, which is now being scaled up, is also intended to...Read more
DB details high-speed tunnel planning as minister throws weight behind project
Deutsche Bahn has made changes to its planning for the construction of a new high-speed rail tunnel below the city centre of Frankfurt in a bid to streamline and speed up the effort. Meanwhile Federal...Read more
DB welcomes more passengers but still braces for ‘significant’ full-year loss
While Deutsche Bahn (DB) recorded an uptick in passenger travel during the first half of 2023, the company still expects to end the year with a ‘significant’ loss. Figures over the first six months released...Read more
DB’s new high-speed train begins testing abroad
The new ICE 3neo high-speed rolling stock, which Deutsche Bahn (DB) entered into service in Germany last December, will begin testing in the Netherlands, Dutch Railways (NS) announced late last week. The trains are slated...Read more
Seasonal routes to take advantage of this summer
Nectarines, peaches, blueberries, and certain fleeting train services… These are some of the seasonal goods to take advantage of this summer. SNCF, Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB, SBB, Thalys, NS, and Renfe are some of the operators...Read more
ICE-L rolling stock leaves factory for tests in Poland, Austria and Romania
The first ICE-L train was on its way to Germany this week, ‘smuggled’ in between a freight train. The Talgo-built rolling stock will undergo performance testing in the coming months in multiple countries and is...Read more
DB embarks on next step in digitising switches and combatting failures
DB Netz will equip more switches and crossings with KONUX Switch predictive maintenance system. The next round of installations builds on a 2020 framework agreement with KONUX. The artificial intelligence-driven solution can allow for better...Read more
DB sees potential for tripling European high-speed network, but investments insufficient
Deutsche Bahn forecasts that an additional 21,000 kilometres of high-speed rail can be built between now and 2050. That is the key finding of a new study presented over the weekend. It would mean tripling...Read more