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Start-branded double-deck regional train at Hamburg Central Station

03.08.2026

DB Regio integrates Start Deutschland from 1 August

Red DB Cargo locomotive 193 315 hauling a freight train through Solnhofen station in Bavaria

01.08.2026

DB InfraGO Temporarily Waives Fees for Heatwave Train Cuts

DB Cargo locomotive hauling an automotive freight train on an electrified railway in Germany

26.07.2026

German Freight Track Access Charges Cut 12% in 2026 Reset

03.10.2023

The use of high-speed 3D printers for servicing rolling stock

The use of high-speed 3D printers for servicing rolling stock, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply. Deutsche Bahn has approved the use of high-speed 3D printers HSE 180 from the American company Essentium.

29.09.2023

In Germany, railway stations are transferred to the railway infrastructure operator

In Germany, starting from January 1, 2024, the companies DB Station&Service (railway stations and related services) and DB Netz (railway infrastructure) are merging into a new company called DB InfraGO, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

23.09.2023

Charging Contact-Accumulator Trains

Germany has successfully conducted tests of a charging point for contact-accumulator trains using a 50 Hz power supply network, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

23.09.2023

Rail High-Speed Grinding

DB and Vossloh are expanding their cooperation in the field of high-speed rail grinding, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

20.09.2023

€45 Billion for Infrastructure Program for Germany’s Rail Network

Deutsche Bahn and the German government are launching an unprecedented infrastructure program, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply citing railfreight.

28.06.2023

DB Cargo is working on solutions for hydrogen transportation by rail

According to a statement by the freight carrier DB Cargo, they are already capable of transporting hydrogen in tank wagons, covering 20% of the expected demand for this fuel in Germany by 2030, as outlined in the national strategy, according to the railway magazine Railway Supply.

27.06.2023

The cause of the regional train catastrophe in Burgrein on June 3, 2022, was an “infrastructure failure”

The cause of the regional train catastrophe in Burgrein on June 3, 2022, was an "infrastructure failure", according to an interim report published on June 1 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Railway Accidents.

20.06.2023

KTZ and DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH have signed an agreement to develop cooperation

National Company "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" (KTZ) and DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH have signed an agreement to develop cooperation, as reported by the railway journal Railway Supply.

20.06.2023

DB is expanding the use of artificial intelligence in their dispatching systems

Currently, DB has implemented their own AI-based developments to resolve conflicts between trains in urban rail systems in Stuttgart, Munich, and the Rhine-Main region, according to Railway Supply citing DB.

14.06.2023

DB has to replace nearly half a million sleepers

In 2023, DB is forced to replace nearly half a million sleepers due to the train crash in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in June 2022, according to the railway portal Railway Supply.

23.05.2023

DB plans to expand the range of digital twins

Deutsche Bahn plans to expand the range of digital twin components to 10,000 positions by 2030 The German carrier states that this will enable the use of 3D printing for producing 10% of the parts used in rolling stock maintenance, according to Railway Supply citing DB.

19.05.2023

The company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has ordered a total of 73 new long-distance trains (ICE)

The new deal with DB for 1. 4 billion euros is the largest in Talgo's history.