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24 September 2020 became a historic day for the Belgian rail network, when a DB Cargo Belgium Vectron hauled the first commercials train in Belgium.

Siemens today announced that on 15 September 2020 its Vectron AC received an official approval from Trafik-, Bygge og Boligstyrelsen for operating in Denmark.

On 8 September 2020, DB Cargo signed the framework agreement worth of well over 1 billion EUR with Siemens Mobility for up to 400 Class 248 Vectron Dual Mode locomotives.

From 2 September 2020, operation using 22.5 t axleload is allowed for the entire route across in Slovenia, from the northeast (ie. from the Hodoš and Šentilj border stations) to the port of Koper, following upgrading of last C3 classified sections to D3 or D4 being completed.

In the second half of August 2020, a new test programe with a Vectron took place in Austria - this time with 193 780.

On 24 August 2020, UNIPETROL DOPRAVA announced order of four Vectron MS locomotives.

On 4 and 5 August there were realised test runs of three new Vectrons in Poland.

On 5 August 2020 RegioJet put another locomotive hired from MRCE in service - 193 627.

Today at 5.20 h the first direct RegioJet train service on the Praha - Brno - Wien - Budapest line departed from Praha main station.

Siemens Mobility and  SBB Cargo International realised the digital handover of locomotives for the first time: for four Vectrons this has been achieved at the Regensburg works in April 2020.

Following an interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic on 19 March 2020, FlixTrain will resume its operations on 23 July. We added a couple of new photos taken at Talbot Services.

In February this year LOTOS Kolej publicly announced that it plans to start operating freight trains under its own license in the Czech Republic. This happened for the first time at the end of June, and regular transports began in July.

RegioJet today announced that it will start a new train service from 31 July 2020 on the Praha - Brno - Wien - Budapest line.

On 30 June 2020 Siemens handed over to the customer 383.065, the last one of the Vectron MS locomotives that EP Cargo Invest has ordered so far.

On 30 June 2020 departed RegioJet's first service on the Praha - Bratislava - Ljubljana - Rijeka line.