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Like other European countries, also Finland is preparing to introduce ERTMS.
The Transport Secretary Mark Harper says he has had “a good, constructive meeting with Alstom Group CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge on the future of train manufacturing in the UK."
On 15 April 2024, passengers on Birmingham’s iconic Cross City Line have been travelling on a brand new train fleet for the first time.
As we described earlier, Stadler is currently working on an order for a total of 79 EMUs for the suburban transport systems Cercanías in Madrid and Rodalies in Barcelona.
On 8 April 2024 the first four Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility started regular passenger service, marking a premiere in Germany.
On 11 April 2024 MITMS Minister Óscar Puente announced that Renfe had now received the first ten Class 106 AVRIL high speed trains.
History was made this month as the very first electric train ran north of Cardiff to Pontypridd during daylight hours.
On 9 April 2024 a joint event of ČD, Siemens and Škoda took place at Praha hl. n. station presenting the new ComfortJet non-traction unit (NMU).
On 8 April 2024 Alstom has successfully delivered the first C-Series train as part of the Western Australian Government’s METRONET Railcar Program for passenger service.
On 5 April 2024, Škoda Group sent the first RegioPanter EMU from its work in Ostrava to the Estonian state operator Elron.
The final two major structures being built to bring HS2 into Birmingham have been approved by local councils - marking another significant milestone for the project.
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has announced the start of a 60 million GBP programme to refurbish its fleet of Class 360, Class 158 and Class 170 trains.
“We are continuing to hold very constructive discussions with the Department for Transport to find a sustainable future for Derby, but time is short as our current projects are almost complete.” That was the message from the Managing Director at Alstom UK and Ireland Nick Crossfield in mid-March 2024.
New photographs and video published by HS2 show the meeting of two engineering landmarks – as the UK’s longest railway bridge crosses the country’s longest canal.
RegioJet launched direct trains between Praha and Chop on the evening of 27 March 2024.