On January 26, 2026, Siemens Mobility of Germany and Polish manufacturer Newag signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen their cooperation in the Polish rail market, focusing on the technological development and evaluation of 320 km/h high-spe...
2026-02-02
On January 28, at the European Rail Forum held in the European Parliament in Brussels, the European Rail Supply Industry Association (UNIFE) issued an urgent warning: if the European Union does not continue to fund joint rail research programs, Eur...
2026-01-31
On January 22, 2026, the new 11-car electric train "Ivolga 4.0" completed its first empty return test on the Moscow–Kaluga line, covering a total distance of over 300 kilometers. The test was jointly supervised by experts from Russian Railways...
2026-01-30
On January 20, 2026, global rail transport giant Alstom released its financial results for the third quarter (October–December 2025) of the 2025/26 fiscal year, reporting robust performance across key metrics. Quarterly orders surged by 100% ...
2026-01-29
Alstom has officially opened its state-of-the-art Factory 4 in Hornell, New York, marking a pivotal step in the reshoring of stainless steel train car body production to the United States. This $75 million investment solidifies Hornell's status as th...
On June 2nd, local time, Alstom's newly built Plant 4 in Hornell, New York, with an investment of $75 million, officially started operation. This event marks the full relocation of the stainless - steel body production for its US projects from Brazil...
Alstom announced the official commissioning of its first railway maintenance base in Chuy City, Jiangbul State, Kazakhstan, on May 31. As the first completed project among four planned maintenance bases under the investment agreement signed with the ...
Alstom and Transdev have signed a €250 million contract to deliver 16 double-deck 8-carriage trains to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France, with a running speed of up to 200 km/h. In May 2025, the new generation Omneo train was...
As a key initiative in its railway modernization drive, India will launch the construction of its first bullet train prototype at the BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) factory in Bangalore in September 2025. The state-owned enterprise BEML ...
German private rail operator FlixTrain has announced its most ambitious investment to date: placing a record order for 65 push-pull high-speed trains with Spanish manufacturer Talgo and signing a landmark locomotive procurement agreement with Siemens...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first batch of new D9-9000 horsepower (6.7MW) electric locomotives at the Indian Railways factory in Dahod, Gujarat. Siemens previously secured a contract for the design, engineering, manufacturing,...
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has joined forces with Trenitalia and ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) to launch a cross-border rail partnership, planning to open direct routes from Munich to Milan and Munich to Rome by the end of 2026. As part of a pilot pro...
On May 22nd, Polish-manufactured PESA electric trains made their official debut at a conference in Oradea, Romania, seven months ahead of the contractual delivery schedule. The $660 million contract includes the supply of 62 regional electric trains ...
A super-long passenger train composed of 100 carriages and featuring 4,550 seats weaves through the switchbacks of the Swiss Alps like a "snake", completing a 24-kilometer journey with a vertical drop of 790 meters. The route passes through 22 tunnel...
Recently, Hungarian rail freight company (RCH) announced the successful completion of historic tests on a hybrid mainline locomotive custom-built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive under regular operational conditions, marking a breakthrough in Hungary's inn...
Italian transport giant FS Group has announced plans to launch a high-speed rail service between Paris and London by 2029, as a core project of its 2025-2029 strategic plan backed by €1 billion in investment. FS Group stated that the new service...
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