From December 2023, 18 new two-story Desiro HC trains from Siemens Mobility will commence service on the Franconia-Thuringia Express network in Germany, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.
The first regional high-speed rail transit system (RRTS) in India has been inaugurated, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.
Deutsche Bahn (DB), the national railway operator of Germany, has agreed to sell its international subsidiary Arriva Group to the American infrastructure asset management company I Squared Capital, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.
Deutsche Bahn is investing 55 million euros in the E-Check process for inspecting ICE trains using artificial intelligence and robots to provide ICE trains with fresh water and pump wastewater, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.
Germany's Minister of Transport has stated that DB Schenker will be sold as a single entity, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.
The use of high-speed 3D printers for servicing rolling stock, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.
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.
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.
DB and Vossloh are expanding their cooperation in the field of high-speed rail grinding, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.
Deutsche Bahn and the German government are launching an unprecedented infrastructure program, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply citing railfreight.
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.
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. The report was cited by the Railway Supply portal, as reported by Railway Gazette.
