Time to surf at speed! One of Germany’s most important city connections, the Hamburg-Berlin railway line, is to become the country’s guinea pig route for mobile communications with…
Deutsche Bahn and Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, have revealed a new joint venture: DataHub Europe. It’s a new platform that offers…
Out with the new, in with the old. The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) and the Pro-Rail Alliance have hit out against the speed at which Germany…
Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works between the Netherlands and Germany will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen near…
French rail giant Alstom has announced plans to severely downsize and even shutter some of its German manufacturing sites. That includes its Görlitz plant. It is also going…
A specially tailored version of Stadler’s FLIRT Akku train was shown to the public for the first time at InnoTrans today, and with much fanfare. One of 44…
For the first time ever, Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) Intercity-Express (ICE) trains will travel directly from Berlin to Paris. Starting from 16 December, trains operated by DB in cooperation…
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has finalised the sale of its subsidiary DB Schenker to Danish logistics giant DSV for 14.8 billion euros, marking the largest transaction in DB’s history.…
Europe’s largest light-rail interlocking system is still using safety technology from the 1970s. That is now set to change after Siemens Mobility and Ruhrbahn signed a 180-million-euro contract…
Germany is set to commence construction on a new 400-million-euro depot for high-speed trains in Dortmund. After receiving the green light from Berlin, the works are now expected…
Swiss train manufacturer Stadler has unveiled the new prototype of its successor to the widely popular Regio-Shuttle RS1 rail bus, the RS ZERO. Capable of running on hydrogen…
Austrian railway company ÖBB is halting several of its night train services—launched only eight months ago—due to “extensive” infrastructure work. Passengers hoping to travel from Berlin and Vienna…
Berlin’s famed S-Bahn service is marking its centenary today, celebrating its first scheduled journey in the German capital with a special addition to the tracks: one of its…
Czechia railway infrastructure operator Správa Železnic (SZ) has selected the companies that will handle the reconstruction of the railway route between the Czech town of Domažlice and the…
Construction of the new Friesenbrücke (Frisian Bridge) over the Ems River near the German city of Weener is progressing: several tons of the bridge’s first section were installed…