During a routine inspection on July 21, cracks were found in the bogie frames of Renfe's Avril trains (Series 106) in Spain. All five trains on the line underwent checks. Due to part shortages, some trains were withdrawn from the Madrid-Barcelona ro...
2025-08-01
Siemens has significantly expanded the production capacity of Vectron locomotives at its Munich-Allach site. With a €250 million expansion of the production base, it now has space to manufacture up to 385 locomotives and 180 Vectouro carriages a...
2025-07-31
HS2 UK announced that visitors to Alstom's "The Greatest Gathering" event in Derby from August 1-3 will be the first to see the full-scale concept model carriage of the Class 895 train. The display showcases the collaborative achievements of HS2 Ltd...
2025-07-30
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced its development framework plan for 2025 - 2030, which serves as the main financial means for the Austrian federal government to invest in railway infrastructure. The total investment of the new plan...
2025-07-29
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...
From May 20th to 22nd, 2025, the 29th International Railway Technology Exhibition (iaf) grandly opened in Münster, Germany, once again focusing the attention of the global railway industry. With the theme of "We believe in railways," this exhibi...
A beloved piece of Dutch railway history is set to briefly return to the tracks. In early 2025, the iconic Plan V train unit 904, nicknamed "De Karel," will resume passenger service on the "Kippenlijn" route between Amersfoort and Ed-Wageningen. The...
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