Six companies in the railway industry, Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and SNCF have lunched Railsponsible, a collaborative initiative focused on sustainable procurement to improve sustainability throughout the entire supply chain. Railsponsible aims to share best practices and processes, drive a common understanding across the industry, and use and
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Think Railways is cooperation partner of the 3rd RAILWAY FORUM Berlin 2015 with Deutsche Bahn AG on March 16th& 17th, 2015 in Berlin. For our members we have been able to negotiate special participation rates that we want to share with you. The full conference program has been released recently. We herewith
Rolls-Royce is to supply up to 940 MTU PowerPacks to the Polish rail vehicle manufacturer PESA. The underfloor drive units are to be used to power Link railcars operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB). The two companies have now signed a framework agreement to that effect. The agreement calls for the
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corporation a project to modernize traction equipment in 46 Intercity Express 2 (ICE-2) High-Speed trains. Products will be sequentially delivered after equipment for the first two trains receives homologation. Total sales of approximately EUR 22 million are expected by fiscal 2019. Mitsubishi Electric will replace the
German Initiative for High Speed Railways in Russia and the Union of Railway Constructors signed MoU
The German Initiative for High Speed Railways in Russia and the Russian Union of Railway Constructors (SSDZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) setting forth collaboration in the area of modernization and construction of new railway lines, construction technology & materials transfer, harmonization of Russian and European standards and
Deutsche Bahn AG and Alstom unveiled the first of a new generation of H3 hybrid shunting locomotives at InnoTrans 2014. Starting in 2015, five locomotives will be tested to verify the technical and economic readiness of the train in daily use. Operational reliability of the hybrid technology as well as
The opening of the rail transport market has helped to significantly boost the share of non-federally owned railways in regional passenger transport (2013: 26.4%) and freight transport (33.2%). Performance in these two segments has increased in recent years, too. The factors necessary to enable a continuation of this trend are
Schwarzkopf Tunnel Bypass – Bauer Spezialtiefbau participating in a major project of Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn is having a new track section between Wuerzburg and Frankfurt constructed. This section is mean to replace the existing passage through the Schwarzkopf Tunnel. BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH from Schrobenhausen in Bavaria, Germany, will carry out the specialist foundation work in a joint venture with Alfred Kunz Untertagebau, Baresel
Russian Railways Logistics organizes pilot delivery of 60 m rails from Russia to Germany
Russian Railways Logistics organized a multimodal delivery of pilot run cargo of 60m rail, produced by JSC EVRAZ Consolidated West Siberian Metallurgical Plant to Germany for Deutsche Bahn. The cargo was transported through the territory of Russia to the port of Ust-Luga for further transshipment to rail ferry operated by Black Sea
Czech Railways reaches agreement with Deutsche Bahn to continue cooperation on the Prague – Dresden – Berlin – Hamburg line
Czech Railways (ČD) has reached agreement with German national carrier Deutsche Bahn to continue cooperation on the Prague – Dresden – Berlin – Hamburg line. From December 2015, trains with modernised carriages will be deployed on this line. The companies are also focusing on strengthening marketing. ČD and German railway