All entries located in Hesse (Germany), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/hesse 2026-10-06T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a54a8735:en 2026-10-06T06:00:00Z

On 06.10.2026 Alstom and Rheinmetall confirmed an agreement in principle on the future of Alstom's Kassel plant: Rheinmetall intends to take over the halls and site, and the employees are to be able to work for Rheinmetall Landsysteme at the location in future. This is likely to end locomotive building in Kassel after more than 175 years; around 750 Alstom employees are affected, who had demonstrated against the sale plans the previous week. Contract details are still being negotiated and no price is known; Rheinmetall's neighbouring plant builds tanks and is set to grow as part of the Defence Hub Nordhessen (id 014d3630) (hessenschau, 06.10.2026). — Source: https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/rheinmetall-uebernimmt-lok-werk-von-alstom-in-kassel-v2,alstom-rheinmetall-100.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b4e9b43e:en 2026-09-25T06:00:00Z

British investor Attestor, Condor's majority owner since 2021, is also taking over the remaining 49% held by the German federal government and the state of Hesse via SG Luftfahrtgesellschaft, becoming sole owner; it is exercising an option agreed when it first invested, with completion scheduled for 31 August 2027. Condor had already repaid the state aid early in spring 2026 and aims to save €100m in each of the next two financial years through a cost programme; no price was disclosed (aeroTELEGRAPH, 25 September 2026; second source: Handelsblatt, 25 September 2026). — Source: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/attestor-uebernimmt-condor-vollstaendig-staat-steigt-aus/vq6kj1e

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:aba7c766:en 2026-09-17T06:00:00Z

SMA Solar Technology opened its new "Gigawatt Factory" at its Niestetal (Hesse) headquarters on 17 Sept 2026; the company puts the investment at around €80 million, of which roughly €50 million is leasing expenditure and €30 million for production infrastructure and equipment. At full capacity the plant, on a 46,000 m² site, reaches an annual production capacity of more than 60 gigawatts of inverters. SMA gave no figure for newly created jobs (pv magazine, 17 Sept 2026). — Source: https://www.pv-magazine.de/2026/09/17/sma-eroeffnet-80-millionen-euro-teure-gigawatt-factory-in-deutschland/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:652cee34:en 2026-09-10T06:00:00Z

Kombiverkehr KG has taken over Spain's Combiberia S.A. in full (100% of the shares) and is now its sole shareholder; the Frankfurt-based intermodal operator wants a stronger presence in Spain and will bear sole responsibility for the business on the ground. Combiberia, active in intermodal transport since 1992 and linked to Kombiverkehr since 1994, acts as an agent for Spanish forwarders and organises intermodal transport to and from the Iberian Peninsula (Barcelona, Madrid, further terminals). The headquarters stay in Madrid (offices in Irun and Barcelona), Sébastien Eisner from Kombiverkehr's Western Europe sales becomes managing director, and new domestic Spanish train products and new customer groups, such as temperature-controlled transport, are planned. The report gives no purchase price, and the date is the day of the report. (LOK Report, 10 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/industrie/kombiverkehr-uebernahme-von-einhundert-prozent-der-gesellschaftsanteile-an-der-combiberia-s-a.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6c064198:en 2026-09-04T06:00:00Z

Chinese travel group Trip.com Group completed the acquisition of a majority stake in e-hoi GmbH (Frankfurt am Main) on 4 Sep 2026, one of Europe's leading online travel agencies and cruise tour operators. Founder and CEO Detlev Schäferjohann remains a shareholder and continues in management; the purchase price was not disclosed (e-hoi blog, 4 Sep 2026). — Source: https://blog.e-hoi.de/20260904/e-hoi-wird-teil-der-trip-com-group-und-stellt-die-weichen-fuer-die-zukunft

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:014d3630:en 2026-08-27T06:00:00Z

Rheinmetall and the state of Hesse signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 August 2026 for the 'Defence Hub Nordhessen': Rheinmetall is investing over €260 million in expanding tank production at its Kassel main plant, a logistics and technology centre with over 30,000 m² of floor space at Kassel-Calden airport (operations from end-2027) and a test centre for military drones; the state contributes €25 million. More than 1,000 new jobs are to be created at the Kassel and Calden sites (Hessian state government press release; hessenschau; Behörden Spiegel, 2 September 2026). — Source: https://hessen.de/presse/dreistelliger-millionenbetrag-fuer-den-aufbau-des-defence-hub-nordhessen

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3c4db44e:en 2026-08-17T06:00:00Z

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt) had agreed on 25 June 2026 to acquire US life-science company Bio-Techne (Minneapolis) for USD 73 per share (enterprise value around USD 11.3 billion / EUR 10 billion), strengthening its cell and gene therapy and precision diagnostics business. Germany's Federal Cartel Office cleared the merger on 17 August 2026 'after a short but intensive review'; clearances in other jurisdictions are still pending, with completion expected late 2026 or early 2027. The June announcement had not been recorded in the tracker; this entry is the authoritative one. Update (23 September 2026): The US waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired on 18 September 2026, and Bio-Techne shareholders approved the takeover at a special meeting on 23 September 2026; completion is still expected in late 2026/early 2027 once the remaining clearances are in place (Bio-Techne release via BioSpace, 23 September 2026, https://www.biospace.com/press-releases/bio-techne-shareholders-approve-acquisition-by-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany). — Source: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2026/08_17_26_BioTechne_MerckKGaA.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e36e942e:en 2026-08-14T06:00:00Z

German data centre operator firstcolo (Frankfurt, colocation/cloud/connectivity, 350+ enterprise customers, two near-fully-utilised data centres) is being majority-acquired by CVC DIF, the infrastructure arm of CVC Capital Partners, from seller CUBE Infrastructure Managers. The deal centres on expanding the new FRA7 data centre project in Rosbach (up to 24 MW total capacity, up to 16 MW IT load, up to 200 kW per rack). Purchase price undisclosed; closing expected by end of September 2026 (CVC press release, 14 Aug 2026). — Source: https://www.cvc.com/media/news/2026/cvc-dif-to-acquire-leading-german-data-centre-operator-firstcolo-from-cube-infrastructure-managers/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:378df2a0:en 2026-07-28T06:00:00Z

Lufthansa is putting concrete numbers on its 'New Ways' savings programme: up to 550 full-time positions will go at the core Lufthansa Airlines brand and in central functions. Since 27 July 2026 managers have been approaching individual employees whose roles are being eliminated, offering termination agreements with severance or paid release from duties; employees cannot volunteer for the scheme. The step is one implementation stage of the roughly 4,000 administrative job cuts by 2030 announced in September 2025 (reported by Reise vor9 on 28 July 2026, citing Handelsblatt and Aero). — Source: https://www.reisevor9.de/inside/lufthansa-beginnt-mit-abbau-von-550-stellen

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2ad1677b:en 2026-07-09T06:00:00Z

Above platforms 15 and 16 at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, DB is replacing the old masonry track bridge near the pedestrian underpass with a steel-girder structure; preparatory work began in mid-2025. Tracks and platforms 15 and 16 are closed from 27 February to 10 July 2026, while neighbouring tracks stay in service; the sequence was simulated in advance using BIM. The bridges at platforms 12/13 were already renewed in 2022. Announced on 23 February 2026. Tracks 15 and 16 were reported passable again on the evening of 9 July 2026, so the closure ended on schedule ahead of 10 July. (LOK Report, 23 Feb 2026; second source: DB/Masterplan Frankfurt Hbf, 14 Jul 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/65353-hessen-neue-gleisbruecke-im-frankfurter-hauptbahnhof.html · https://www.mein-hbf-ffm.de/aktuelles/baustellen-blog.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:70925112:en 2026-05-12T06:00:00Z

The nine-kilometre new-build section of the A44 between Sontra-Ost and the Wommen junction has been opened to traffic — another milestone of the Kassel–Eisenach link. — Source: https://www.autobahn.de/aktuelles/aktuell/neubauabschnitt-zwischen-sontra-ost-und-wommener-dreieck-freigegeben

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:01acea75:en 2026-05-12T06:00:00Z

DB InfraGO has renewed the two southern island platforms at Hanau main station and redesigned the pedestrian subway, which was symbolically inaugurated on 12 May 2026. Since 2021 the project partners (the state of Hesse, the city of Hanau, RMV and DB) have invested about EUR 22.2 million in several construction phases, of which about EUR 5.6 million went into the subway; new features include lifts, platform roofs, adjusted platform heights and tactile guidance elements. The station handles more than 23,000 passengers a day, and the city's next big project is redesigning the station area (LOK Report, 12 May 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/hessen-hauptbahnhof-hanau-modernisierung-der-personenunterfuehrung-abgeschlossen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:437bdabf:en 2026-05-08T06:00:00Z

A further 3,000 jobs by 2030 in addition to the 3,900 already announced in 2025 (6,900 in total). Part of the 'Momentum 2030' strategy to fend off the UniCredit takeover, accompanied by a €600 mn AI programme. — Source: https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/frankfurt-commerzbank-will-weitere-3000-stellen-abbauen-v3,commerzbank-stellenabbau-110.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dcd239fd:en 2026-05-05T06:00:00Z

Hostile public takeover offer of 5 May 2026. The management board, supervisory board, the Federal Government and ver.di rejected it; by the deadline on 3 July 2026 only approx. 17.6% of the shares had been tendered – offer failed. ver.di saw up to 10,000 jobs at risk. Update (6 Aug 2026): UniCredit has meanwhile built its Commerzbank stake to around 48%. On 6 August 2026, around Commerzbank's quarterly results, CEO Bettina Orlopp confirmed that new talks on the bank's future ownership structure had started ('We have started talks on this, which is in the genuine interest of both UniCredit and Commerzbank'). Earlier rounds of talks had each ended without agreement. Source: RTÉ, 6 August 2026. Update (16.10.2026): The ECB banking supervisor has authorised UniCredit to exceed the 30% threshold in Commerzbank and to raise its stake further without a ceiling. According to UniCredit, the remaining regulatory procedures should be completed around the end of the year; it would then hold about 50% of the voting rights and could take control (finews.ch, 16 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.commerzbank.de/konzern/was-uns-bewegt/commerzbank-als-unternehmen/2026-unicredit-position-faq.html · https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0806/1586702-commerzbank-quarterly-results/ · https://www.finews.ch/news/banken/74019-unicredit-commerzbank-genehmigung-ezb-bankenaufsicht

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:80d9b86d:en 2026-05-05T06:00:00Z

As part of the group restructuring, BioNTech is closing its Marburg production plant by the end of 2027; around 540 jobs are being cut. The background is the sharply declined demand for coronavirus vaccines. Cross-reference: the roughly 540 jobs are included in the up to 1,860 jobs of the group restructuring announced the same day (layoffs entry of 5 May 2026); the figure is carried there and set to null here to avoid double counting. Update (28.09.2026): The search for buyers failed; BioNTech confirmed the closure and now gives early 2028 as the end date for Marburg (Tübingen end of 2027, Idar-Oberstein end of 2028; about 1,800 employees in total), citing a difficult market and investment climate (ZDFheute, 28.09.2026). — Sources: https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/industrie/biontech-schliesst-standorte-und-baut-1860-stellen-ab/100222527.html · https://www.zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/biontech-marburg-idar-oberstein-tuebingen-schliessung-100.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:97fe1b49:en 2026-04-22T06:00:00Z

Fraport has opened the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport — one of the largest privately financed infrastructure projects in Europe. The terminal increases capacity by up to 19 million passengers per year. — Source: https://www.airport-suppliers.com/airport_press_release/frankfurt-airports-new-terminal-3-to-be-inaugurated-on-april-22-2026/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:27172323:en 2026-04-13T06:00:00Z

After almost two years of full closure (since July 2024), the RB46 resumes service on the roughly five-kilometre section between Gründau-Lieblos and Gelnhausen on 13 April 2026. DB renewed the line, turned Lieblos station into a passing station, replaced two level crossings and built the step-free platform 1a at Gelnhausen. The reopening originally announced for late November 2025 was pushed back on 31 October 2025 to the Easter period 2026 because signalling and control work was still under way (LOK Report, 10 Apr 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/hessen-db-zieht-positives-zwischenfazit-der-bauarbeiten-im-kinzigtal.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/62703-hessen-freigabe-der-strecke-lieblos-gelnhausen-erst-um-ostern-2026.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0e92c90a:en 2026-04-10T06:00:00Z

Stellantis is cutting 650 of the remaining 1,650 jobs at the Opel development centre without replacement, around 40 percent of development. The Tech Center is being significantly downsized, and the mayor of Rüsselsheim protested publicly. — Source: https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/stellenabbau-stellantis-verkleinert-auto-entwicklung-bei-opel/100215905.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f0cb99b7:en 2026-02-27T06:00:00Z

The Friedrichsdorf electronic interlocking went live on 23 February 2026 for the station and the sections towards Bad Homburg and Köppern, one day after the planned finish of installation and acceptance work; snow delayed the remainder. Since 27 February 2026 the RB16 has also been running to schedule between Friedrichsdorf and Friedberg, after main works had been under way since July 2025. The project includes a new outer platform, a passing loop and two switches at Rodheim vor der Höhe; acceptance of the Waldstrasse level crossing was still outstanding (LOK Report, 27 Feb 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/65480-hessen-estw-friedrichsdorf-steuert-nun-auch-zugbetrieb-zwischen-friedrichsdorf-und-friedberg.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/65352-hessen-neues-estw-friedrichsdorf-verzoegert-sich-nochmals.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:849106a7:en 2026-02-20T06:00:00Z

In a statement published on 20 February 2026 the EVG works group at DB Systel, the Deutsche Bahn IT subsidiary with about 7,200 employees in Frankfurt, Berlin and Erfurt, warned of unconfirmed plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs and to break up the company in whole or in part; according to the union, the company had already announced in September 2025 that it would shed 1,900 full-time posts by the end of 2029. On 25 February 2026 several hundred employees protested at the three sites, with more than 500 participants in Frankfurt, where the chair of the central works council spoke of up to 1,400 and possibly 1,900 jobs being lost. At a top-level meeting with the DB board scheduled for 11 March 2026, the union says the break-up was ruled out, while the employer announced job cuts to become more efficient; the report gives no figure (LOK Report, 20 Feb to 12 Mar 2026; second source: heise online, 19 Feb 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/65301-evg-db-systel-als-zentraler-it-dienstleister-soll-ausgeweidet-werden.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/65379-evg-protestaktionen-zu-db-systel-wer-die-it-kaputtspart-legt-die-bahn-lahm.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/65446-evg-protestaktionen-wir-sind-das-herz-von-db-systel-ohne-uns-geht-nichts.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/65713-evg-klare-haltung-zur-db-umstrukturierung-protestaktion-begleitet-gespraech-am-11-maerz.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/65825-evg-umbauplaene-db-ag-erste-erfolge-bei-spitzengespraech-erzielt.html · https://www.heise.de/en/news/DB-Systel-Union-warns-of-wave-of-layoffs-and-dismantling-11183135.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:97766802:en 2026-02-13T06:00:00Z

Bankhaus Scheich's fintech subsidiary tradias and Börse Stuttgart Digital are planning a merger to create a European crypto champion. The aim is to combine trading and custody services for digital assets. The merger is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities. Update (05.08.2026): The change-of-control review has been completed and the merger has gone through; the unit continues under the Börse Stuttgart Digital name, with tradias remaining as the trading brand (Börsen-Zeitung, 05.08.2026). — Source: https://www.wiwo.de/finanzen/boerse/tradias-und-boerse-stuttgart-digital-fusion-zum-europaeischen-krypto-champion/100200108.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a94f47ea:en 2025-11-25T06:00:00Z

New tram Line 13 replaces the overloaded bus Line 37. Route: 2.5 km from Industriehof via Schloßstraße, Messe, main station into the Gutleutviertel. 6 new stops (including Werftstraße, Zanderstraße, Baseler Platz, Briefzentrum). New turning loops, connection to the Gutleut depot. Stops for 60 m double units. Redesign of Baseler Platz with more green spaces. Construction start 2029, construction time approx. 3 years. Part of the local transport plan 2025+. — Source: https://www.entwicklungsstadt.de/umgestaltung-baseler-platz-frankfurt-bekommt-2029-eine-neue-strassenbahnlinie/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9fa5b93d:en 2025-11-25T06:00:00Z

One of the largest PV car park installations in Germany with 17 MW capacity on the site of the vehicle logistics company. 79,000 m² area, 28,000 solar modules, 17 GWh of annual electricity production. Construction time: 1.5 years. 140 carports with superchargers (3.08 MW) for e-vehicles and e-trucks. Modular construction during ongoing logistics operations. Realised by Dillinger Group, with Nawasol as subcontractor. — Source: https://www.pv-magazine.de/2025/11/25/photovoltaik-carport-mit-17-megawatt-leistung-fertiggestellt/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:140704ed:en 2025-11-24T06:00:00Z

A feasibility study shows three scenarios for Cornberg: incorporation into Bebra, incorporation into Sontra (each with a referendum in 2031 effective 1 January 2032), or expansion of intermunicipal cooperation via a municipal administrative association. The study was referred to the main and finance committee for deliberation. — Source: https://www.msn.com/de-de/städtische-infrastruktur/allgemein/fusion-oder-eigenständigkeit-cornberg-muss-sich-zwischen-bebra-und-sontra-entscheiden/ar-AA1R7RTD

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8504e904:en 2025-11-17T06:00:00Z

The international firm Ashurst and the US firm Perkins Coie have agreed on a merger to form the entity "Ashurst Perkins Coie". The combined firm, with around 3,000 lawyers worldwide, will be among the 20 highest-grossing firms and is also present in the German market. Update (29 Jun 2026): After partners of both firms approved the deal in April 2026, Ashurst and Perkins Coie announced on 29 Jun 2026 that their combination into Ashurst Perkins Coie had been completed (Líder Legal, 29 Jun 2026). — Sources: https://www.lto.de/recht/kanzleien-unternehmen/k/naechster-zusammenschluss-zweier-grosskanzleien-fusion-ashurst-perkins-coie · https://liderlegal.com/en/perkins-coie-and-ashurst-complete-their-merger-and-create-ashurst-perkins-coie-with-950-partners-and-a-focus-on-technology-energy-and-finance/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d0071711:en 2025-10-31T06:00:00Z

In October 2025 DB introduced an automatic changeover of national train protection systems while trains cross the Oder bridge at Frankfurt (Oder)–Rzepin, using 16 Eurobalises. Trains no longer have to stop or restart their on-board systems. Since the timetable change, passenger services between Berlin and Warsaw save five minutes and freight trains up to 15 minutes; the work was completed within a year together with Poland's PKP PLK. The date is a placeholder: the article gives only the month, so the end of the month is used. (LOK Report, 17 Dec 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/63971-brandenburg-schnellere-grenzpassage-fuer-zuege-am-uebergang-frankfurt-oder.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7ec65a9f:en 2025-03-21T06:00:00Z

The A49 gap closure from Schwalmstadt to the Ohmtal-Dreieck (linking to the A5) was opened to traffic on 21 March 2025 — around 30 km of new motorway, costing roughly €1.5 billion. The A49 is now continuously drivable for the first time from Kassel to the A5. The project was contested for years, above all over the clearing of the Dannenröder Forst (second source: Logistik Heute). — Source: https://www.autobahn.de/aktuelles/aktuell/a49-von-schwalmstadt-bis-zum-ohmtal-dreieck-fuer-den-verkehr-freigegeben

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2c16bf2f:en 2024-12-15T06:00:00Z

The Riedbahn line between Mannheim and Frankfurt am Main (74.8 km) was fully closed from 15 July to 14 December 2024 for the first full renovation under Deutsche Bahn's program of roughly 40 planned corridor projects through 2030. Work renewed 20 stations, about 1,200 signalling systems, 152 of 272 switches and 140 km of overhead line, alongside converting from LZB to ETCS Level 2 (over 600 signals, about 330 switch drives, more than 3,500 balises, three ETCS control centers). — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnstrecke_Mannheim%E2%80%93Frankfurt_am_Main

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:aebb962d:en 2024-12-10T06:00:00Z

The roughly 7.9 km Waldkappel–Ringgau section of the A 44 (VDE project No. 15, Kassel–Eisenach) opened to traffic on 9/10 December 2024 after about three years of construction, together with the directly adjoining 3.9 km Ringgau–Sontra-West section. The combined roughly 12 km new-build stretch includes three tunnels (Trimberg 585 m, Spitzenberg 599 m, Boyneburg 1,700 m) and three valley bridges (Wehretal 669 m, Netratal 264 m, Ulfetal 168 m). The client is Autobahn GmbH des Bundes, with DEGES as project sponsor; construction on the roughly 70 km overall VDE 15 project began in October 2014. — Source: https://www.deges.de/projekte/projekt/vde-15-a44/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dce2a88b:en 2022-12-11T06:00:00Z

On the night of 11 December 2022, ETCS Level 2 went into operation for the first time on a heavily used part of the German rail network: the roughly 30 km stretch of the Main-Neckar railway between Darmstadt Süd and Laudenbach (Bergstraße). The section is controlled from the ETCS control centre (Radio Block Center) at Darmstadt-Eberstadt and forms part of the cross-border Rhine-Alpine Corridor between Rotterdam and Genoa. It initially runs as an isolated island, since neighbouring sections are still equipped only with the conventional PZB train-protection system. — Source: https://digitale-schiene-deutschland.de/de/aktuelles/2022/inbetriebnahme-von-etcs-level-2-auf-korridor-rhine-alpine

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:463d0ea6:en 2022-10-07T06:00:00Z

The approximately 5.9 km section (VKE 12) of the A 44 between the Helsa-Ost and Hessisch Lichtenau-West interchanges opened to traffic on 7 October 2022. Its centerpiece is the roughly 4.2 km Hirschhagen Tunnel, Germany's second-longest motorway tunnel after the Rennsteig Tunnel. Construction costs for the section totaled around EUR 346 million; the tunnel breakthrough had already occurred in 2016. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_Hirschhagen

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:843ce59d:en 2022-06-30T06:00:00Z

The 11.8 km section of the A49 between the Neuental and Schwalmstadt interchanges opened to traffic on 30 June 2022. It includes the 899-metre Frankenhain tunnel and several valley bridges, closing a long-standing gap in the A49 between Kassel and the A5 (the adjoining Borken–Neuental section had been completed back in 1994). Preliminary construction work on this section began in 2010. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesautobahn_49

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1d143ebc:en 2021-12-12T06:00:00Z

The previously single-track Homburger Damm north of Frankfurt's city centre received an additional track of about 800 metres to untangle the approach to the main station. Construction began in 2017 and the line went into operation in 2021, with the federal government and Deutsche Bahn investing around EUR 180 million. The added capacity benefits roughly 25,000 daily passengers through improved punctuality in long-distance and regional services. — Source: https://www.frmplus.de/projekte/homburger-damm.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:856981f5:en 2020-12-13T06:00:00Z

With the December 2020 timetable change (13 Dec 2020), a new electronic interlocking (ESTW) went into service on the Darmstadt-Kranichstein–Dieburg–Babenhausen line, centrally controlled from Dieburg station, replacing the 1960s push-button interlocking "Kf" at Darmstadt-Kranichstein. The project (client: DB Netz AG) renewed signals, point machines and cabling along the route and built new modular buildings for the Siemens ESTW technology at Darmstadt-Kranichstein and Babenhausen; dismantling of the old control and safety equipment was carried out by STRABAG Rail from December 2020 to February 2021. No specific investment figure is given in the available sources. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Darmstadt-Kranichstein

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:21072ea9:en 2019-12-15T06:00:00Z

The Flughafenschleife Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport Loop) is a double-track, electrified S-Bahn line running from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof via Niederrad and Stadion to Frankfurt Airport and on to Kelsterbach (approx. 15 km total length, with a roughly 2.2 km core tunnel). The Gateway Gardens station extension opened on 15 December 2019 and cost about EUR 223 million (construction 2016–2019). The line is served by S-Bahn lines S8/S9 and regional express trains. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafenschleife_Frankfurt

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c93dcfb0:en 2019-03-25T06:00:00Z

The Haunetal electronic interlocking (ESTW), with its control centre in Bad Hersfeld, went into operation on 25 March 2019 and controls an approx. 25 km section of the Bebra–Fulda line between Mecklar and Burghaun, remotely operating the Haunetal-Neukirchen and Oberhaun sub-centres. Local press (Hersfelder Zeitung, osthessen-zeitung.de) put the 2016/2017 investment at roughly EUR 43 million. The original source URL (bauprojekte.deutschebahn.com/p/haunetal-estw) is now dead (404); the replacement source does not confirm the list's date of 29 May 2019 — the documented commissioning date is 25 March 2019. — Source: https://stellwerke.info/stw/stw.php?id=8133

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:851fb7c3:en 2018-10-31T06:00:00Z

On the double-track line between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, a roughly 1,230-metre railway embankment on a vineyard slope between Flörsheim and Hochheim, destabilised by groundwater flow and vibration, was renewed for more than EUR 30 million. Stabilisation involved about 320 micropiles as soil nails and about 250 micropiles as anchor piles up to 18 m long, plus 980 metres of new retaining walls facing the Main river. The goal was to permanently secure the line's planned speed of 160 km/h; construction ran from October 2016 to October 2018. — Source: https://allgemeinebauzeitung.de/abz/zwischen-frankfurt-und-wiesbaden-bahngleise-dank-mikropfaehlen-spursicher-gemacht-und-stabilisiert-23119

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:448e589a:en 2018-05-09T06:00:00Z

The Dom-Römer project reconstructed Frankfurt's historic old town between 2012 and 2018 on a roughly 7,000 m² site between Römerberg square and the cathedral, where the Technical Town Hall previously stood. It comprises 35 buildings — 15 reconstructed historic houses and 20 modern new buildings — at a total cost of around EUR 200 million. On 9 May 2018 the construction fences were removed and the new quarter opened to the public, followed by a three-day opening festival in September 2018 that drew up to 300,000 visitors. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Frankfurter_Altstadt