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S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar Mireo EMUs On Test
S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar Mireo EMUs On Test

At present various Mireo EMUs are subjected to testing, four of these on the Donauwörth - Augsburg line.

DB Prepared To Start The IC 17 Service
DB Prepared To Start The IC 17 Service

Following the modification programme, DB announced it is prepared for start of the new IC 17 Dresden - Berlin - Rostock service, scheduled for 8 March 2020.

A Desiro HC EMU On Test
A Desiro HC EMU On Test

On 2 February 2020, Desiro HC 1462 006 (and four Mireo EMUs) were moved by RailAdventure to Donauwörth, to be tested in and around the latter station.

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Testing Of OVK-Built Class Sggrs 80-foot Prototypes Finished
Testing Of OVK-Built Class Sggrs 80-foot Prototypes Finished

On 26 February 2020 OVK (UWC) announced that the prototype Class Sggrs 80-foot platform wagon, which forms part of a batch of 270 ordered by DB, has successfully passed homologation and certification testing in Europe.

The First ex-WESTbahn KISS In White
The First ex-WESTbahn KISS In White

The first of four-car Class 4110 KISS EMUs is wearing the DB's long distance livery.

DB Regio Ordered 18 Mireo EMUs For Lausitz
DB Regio Ordered 18 Mireo EMUs For Lausitz

On 14 January 2020 Siemens Mobility announced that DB Regio has ordered 18 three-car Mireo EMUs for service on the Lausitz regional network.

SBB, DB, SNCF And Trenitalia Are Expanding Their International Services
SBB, DB, SNCF And Trenitalia Are Expanding Their International Services

DB, SNCF, Trenitalia and SBB are further expanding their offer of international rail transport. The partner railways are thus taking into...

First OVK Platform Wagons For DB Cargo
First OVK Platform Wagons For DB Cargo

OVK (Obedinyonnaya vagonnaya kompaniya - United Wagon Company, UWC) is gradually penetrating the European wagon market. On 18 September 2018 DB...

WESTbahn KISSes To DB
WESTbahn KISSes To DB

Deutsche Bahn today announced that it has signed a contract with the Austrian operator WESTbahn to purchase its 17 KISS double deck EMUs. DB...

LINK DMUs On Dreieichbahn
LINK DMUs On Dreieichbahn

On 31 January 2019 a LINK DMU for Dreieichbahn was officially presented at Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. Beginning on 2 February this type will start...

100 Vectron MS Locomotives For DB Cargo
100 Vectron MS Locomotives For DB Cargo

Siemens Mobility and DB Cargo AG signed a framework agreement for the delivery of 100 Vectron multisystem locomotives. At the signing of the...

An Advanced TrainLab Visited A Living Lab
An Advanced TrainLab Visited A Living Lab

On 20 December 2018 DB’s new mobile laboratory, created using a Class 605 ICE-TD DMU modified for testing purposes, visited the Annaberg...

Talent BEMU Wins Innovation Award
Talent BEMU Wins Innovation Award

The Bombardier-built Talent 3 battery electric multiple unit (see Railvolution 5/18, pp. 48 - 49) was awarded the renowned Berlin Brandenburg...

A Breakthrough Contract For OVK (UWC)
A Breakthrough Contract For OVK (UWC)

OVK (UWC, United Wagon Company) has won an international tender by Deutsche Bahn to supply 80-foot Class Sggrs articulated platform wagons....

ICE 4 Receives An ETCS Approval In Germany
ICE 4 Receives An ETCS Approval In Germany

The EBA has approved the ICE 4 EMUs for operation with the ETCS in Germany.