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Civity BEMU for VRR ran 273 km on batteries
Civity BEMU for VRR ran 273 km on batteries

On 25 August 2026, during the tests with the short 557 001 Civity BEMU from a batch for VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr) at the Siemens‘s PCW in Wildenrath, the unit achieved 273 km operating on batteries only.

More Civities at Velim
More Civities at Velim

After the Class 480 unit for Renfe arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre on 22 April 2026, two more units from CAF appeared there on 5 June, this time for Germany.

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Inaugural run of the RE 47: Düssel-Wupper-Express returns to the rails
Inaugural run of the RE 47: Düssel-Wupper-Express returns to the rails

On 30 June, 2026, the Line RE 47 was officially inaugurated with a maiden run of a BEMU.

Stadler and VRR agree on capacity expansion for the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr
Stadler and VRR agree on capacity expansion for the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr

On 13 October 2025, VRR is responding to the steadily increasing passenger volume in Teilnetz 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn with a targeted capacity expansion.

Alstom wins €4 billion contract for its Adessia Stream trains
Alstom wins €4 billion contract for its Adessia Stream trains

Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply 90 Adessia Stream commuter trains to local rail passenger transport authorities go.Rheinland and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) for operation in the S-Bahn Cologne network.

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Traction motors for Civity trains in Niederrhein-Münsterland
Traction motors for Civity trains in Niederrhein-Münsterland

A total of 76 new Civity regional BEMUs built by CAF will be operational in the networks of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VVR) and Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NLW) in Germany.

FLIRTs For Maas-Wupper-Express
FLIRTs For Maas-Wupper-Express

Stadler and the Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH (start) signed a delivery contract for 20 FLIRT EMUs for the Maas-Wupper-Netz.

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