Despite achieving impressive punctuality rates in the first quarter of the year, Danish State Railways (DSB) has announced plans to distribute 13.7 million kroner (1.8 million euros) in compensation to commuters.Read more
Denmark’s iconic ‘S-Bahn’ commuter trains celebrate 90 years of service today, and are “ in good shape to take on 90 more,” says DSB. DSB helps Danes celebrate with free travel on the S-trains all...Read more
ÖBB will continue its extensive expansion and infrastructure investment programme in all Austrian regions in 2024. The main focus is on the maintenance and modernisation of railway facilities.Read more
As of this week, all 106 new trains for the suburban S-Bahn in Berlin have been delivered on time and have entered passenger service, manufacturer consortium Siemens Mobility and Stadler announced.Read more
Munich is set to host Germany’s most modern S-Bahn trains, thanks to Siemens Mobility winning an EU-wide tender to deliver 90 state-of-the-art trains valued over €2 billion. These XXL-size S-Bahn trains each measure over 200...Read more
New signalling system CBTC on the S-bahn in Denmark has increased this year’s punctuality so far by 2,1 percent compared to the same period last year. “We can see that even more passengers arrive on...Read more
Retail and tourism group REWE will offer its 150,000 employees the new Deutschland ticket for their public transport needs, Deutsche Bahn announced on Wednesday. REWE is the first corporate client to make use of the...Read more
The 49-euro Deutschland ticket granting access to virtually all forms of public transport for a month has sold 250.000 times via Deutsche Bahn alone in the first three days, the German Federal Ministry of Transport...Read more
With passenger numbers growing rapidly in the eastern region, the Austrian Ministry of Climate Protection and the City of Vienna are investing in the renewal of the S-Bahn Vienna main line. Indeed, some sections of...Read more
Banedanmark has put a new signalling system into use on the three remaining section of the S-Bahn lightrail system in de Danish capital of Copenhagen, the infrastructure manager said on Monday.Read more
Improving rail services primarily on short and medium distances, such as increasing the S-Bahn services, is the new strategy for Switzerland. To this end, the Swiss Federal Council has revised its long-term rail strategy ‘Bahn...Read more
The 9-euro, flat-fee public transportion card for use in Germany in June, July and August went on sale on Monday. From June 1 onwards, the ticket will allow travellers to make unlimited use of all...Read more
Vienna’s lightrail system, also known as the S-Bahn, will be revamped in the coming ten years. The emphasis will be on digitalisation and upgraded infrastructure, which should facilitate the use of longer trains at shorter...Read more
Banedanmark has taken the digital train control system CBTC into use on Copenhagen’s S-train. More than half of the S-tog now runs with the new digital signalling system.Read more