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Latest news from the passenger rail industry, including intercity, regional and commuter transport.
GERMANY: Following a competitive tender which attracted four bids, Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG has selected DB Regio as preferred bidder for the next contract to operate RE5 Cuxhaven – Stade – Hamburg regional ... more
EUROPE: Responding to a suggestion from German MEP Manfred Weber that the European Union should fund free Interrail tickets for Europeans reaching the age of 18, on October 4 Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said the ... more
UK: Contracts worth more than £600m for Stadler to supply 378 multiple-unit cars for the next East Anglia franchise were signed by Abellio UK and leasing company Rock Rail on October 4. In conjunction with a £900m order for 665 ... more
GERMANY: Stadler Pankow and Siemens have presented a full-sized mock-up of the vehicle design they will supply for the Berlin S-Bahn. Built in the Babelsberg Film Studio in Berlin, the wooden-bodied model will undergo four weeks ... more
GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg has formally awarded lowest bidder DB Regio the Netz 9a contract to operate Breisgau-Ost-West regional passenger services totalling 2·9 million train-km/year on routes from ... more
AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Moreton Bay Regional Council Mayor Allan Sutherland attended the opening ceremony for the Redcliffe Peninsula Line in Brisbane on October 3. ... more
ISRAEL: Best and final offers for a contract to supply 330 double-deck electric multiple-unit cars to Israel Railways were submitted by six bidders by the September 28 deadline. The bidders are Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, ... more
USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to continue to maintain the Metrolink commuter locomotive and coach fleet for a further eight years from January 1 2017. ... more
AUSTRIA: Transport Minister Jörg Leichtfried joined Tirol Governor Günther Platter, Deputy Governor Ingrid Felipe, Seefeld Mayor Werner Frießer and ÖBB-Infrastruktur Board Member Franz Bauer on September 30 to sign a €22·8m ... more
GERMANY: The Land of Thüringen's Ministry for Infrastructure & Agriculture has awarded Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate local passenger services on the 22 km Pfefferminzbahn route between Sömmerda and Buttstädt ... more