Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the German Railway Industry Association (VDB) have agreed to work more closely together to encourage greater collaboration with the domestic supply chain.
The partnership will strengthen ties between DB and the rail industry and involve German suppliers earlier in the development of new vehicles for the network.
A formal agreement was signed between DB chief executive Rüdiger Grube, DB’s rail technology lead Heike Hanagarth and the president and vice president of VDB Michael Claus Ecker and Jürgen Wilder in Berlin earlier this week.
Hanagarth said the partnership would establish the ‘trusting and transparent’ relationship needed to develop innovative technologies for the German rail system.
