Deutsche Bahn signs contract for renewable energy supply
Deutsche Bahn has signed a contract with energy companies Innogy and RWE Supply & Trading for the purchase of electricity from the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost. This is 25 megawatt power, which corresponds to 4...Read moreDB Cargo suffers losses for 5 years
DB Cargo has suffered a loss of 1.18 billion euros in the last five years. This is apparent from an analysis of the books of the rail company carried out by sister publication Nieuwsblad Transport,...Read more
DB Schenker will not be sold
Deutsche Bahn wants to focus on its core business in the coming years. This means, among other things, that the market share of DB Cargo must increase considerably. CEO Richard Lutz also announced that DB...Read more
GEFCO develops rail automotive logistics in Morocco
French logistics company GEFCO, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, is developing a new rail automotive logistics service in Morocco. The freight forwarder will organise a supply chain to transport cars by rail from a new...Read more
Deutsche Bahn to increase job offers for train drivers in Spain
Spanish rail freight company Transfesa is set to increase its job offers for train drivers in Spain after receiving over 6 thousand candidates to cover 30 positions in Germany. The recruitment drive was launched by Deutsche...Read more‘Deutsche Bahn must let go of DB Schenker’
Deutsche Bahn must let go of its logistics subsidiary DB Schenker and strictly separate managing the German railway network from its own rail operations, such as freight transport. This is what the Bundesrechnungshof, the ‘General Court...Read moreRailway services Germany disrupted due to strikes
German railway workers staged a four-hour strike this morning from 5-9 am. Local, regional and long-distance train traffic has been affected, for passengers and freight transport. At 9 am trains started moving again, but long-distance...Read more
Deutsche Bahn and China Railways strengthen railway cooperation
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and China Railways (CR) will strengthen their cooperation in several areas. The companies will extend their exchange of knowledge to new, innovative technologies for railways. The CEO of DB Richard Lutz and the...Read more
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railways sign partnership deal
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway embarked on a strategic partnership to strengthen the European and Asian multimodal transportation corridors. The agreement includes the exchange of resources such as knowledge, expertise, information as well as employees. In...Read more
New rail freight service links Le Sole and Barcelona Port
A rail freight service from Le Soler, in the south of France, to Barcelona Port started on March 15. It is the first 700-meter length train operating on this line, and it is catered to...Read more
DB Cargo increases noise protection for residents
German’s national operator Deutsche Bahn and freight subsidiary DB Cargo will this year begin testing noise protection technologies for both mobile and stationary devices. It’s the latest step in a concerted drive to reduce noise...Read more
Roland Bosch is new CEO of DB Cargo
Dr Roland Bosch became the new CEO of DB Cargo on December 1. Bosch, 46, who was a board member of rail infrastructure manager DB Netz, has succeeded Dr Jürgen Wilder, who left the role...Read more
DB Cargo’s ‘green train’ is cutting record CO2 emissions
DB Cargo says it has increased its share of CO2-free rail freight transport by more than half in the past year, and plans to build on this in 2018. Deutsche Bahn’s dedicated rail cargo arm,...Read more
Karlsruhe-Basel section reopened, industry demands compensation
The disrupted railway line between Karlsruhe and Basel is open for traffic from today, after nearly two months of limited capacity on Europe’s main north-south artery. However, it will take time before services are back to...Read more
DB: Karlsruhe-Basel corridor fully operational on 2 October
The international rail corridor between Karlsruhe and Basel will be fully operational on the 2nd of October. That is five days earlier than expected. Deutsche Bahn and the constructing companies have succeeded in optimising the...Read more
More freight options Germany with opening Stuttgart-Hattingen line
Freight transporters trying to find alternatives for the blockade on the Karlsruhe-Basel corridor will find an additional route from Wednesday onwards, when construction on the Stuttgart-Hattingen line will be completed and re-opened for freight traffic....Read more