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Latvian RegioPanters entered passenger service
Latvian RegioPanters entered passenger service

On Friday, 15 December 2023, Pasažieru vilciens started regular operation with the Class 16EV EMUs.

75 Mireos for Leipzig and surrounding region
75 Mireos for Leipzig and surrounding region

On 14 December 2023 Siemens Mobility announced that it has won an order for the delivery of 75 Mireos for the Mitteldeutsches S-Bahn-Netz 2025+.

E-Check - DB's ICE digital maintenance
E-Check - DB's ICE digital maintenance

To streamline and accelerate the maintenance of the ever-growing ICE fleet, DB has started to use the latest digital and robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. The first example of their application, collectively called E-Check, is the new ICE depot in Köln-Nippes.

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TfW rail service update
TfW rail service update

Transport for Wales will now increase train service frequency on its Liverpool - Chester route (via Liverpool Airport), and on the Ebbw Vale branch, in January 2024. 

Second HS2 TBM gets ready to start digging under Birmingham
Second HS2 TBM gets ready to start digging under Birmingham

A team of 90 specialist engineers have completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will start digging the second bore of the 5.6 km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year.

Class 777 trains roll-out begins on Southport-Hunts Cross line
Class 777 trains roll-out begins on Southport-Hunts Cross line

On 11 December 2023 Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that the Liverpool City Region’s new publicly owned trains will begin the final stage of their phased roll-out this week. 

First HS2 viaduct completes deck beam installation
First HS2 viaduct completes deck beam installation

In early December 2023, a viaduct in Northamptonshire has become the first on the HS2 project to have all its deck beams installed as work on the project continues to ramp up between London and the West Midlands.

All Mireo Plus H trains for NEB have arrived at the PCW
All Mireo Plus H trains for NEB have arrived at the PCW

Siemens Mobility has built seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains for Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB). The last HMU in the batch left the factory in Krefeld on 30 October 2023 and was transferred to the Siemens Mobility test center in Wegberg-Wildenrath.

The construction of the CPK long-distance HSL tunnel in Łódź has begun
The construction of the CPK long-distance HSL tunnel in Łódź has begun

On 7 December 2023 CPK has signed the second of three construction contracts for its most advanced railway project.

First Coradia Stream in Romania
First Coradia Stream in Romania

The first of the Coradia Stream units ordered by the ARF (Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară, Railway Reform Authority) has arrived in Romania.

MÁV leases Akiem's Tauruses
MÁV leases Akiem's Tauruses

On 28 September 2023, the MÁV Group signed a contract with Akiem for the lease of 15 Type ES64U2 locomotives in order to cover the growing passenger traffic.

Freshly overhauled: HÜBNER gangways for LeShuttle
Freshly overhauled: HÜBNER gangways for LeShuttle

Freshly overhauled gangway systems for “LeShuttle” - the newly renamed Eurotunnel train that provides a rail connection between France and Great Britain. 

Siemens Mobility and ELL signed framework agreement for purchase of up to 200 Vectrons
Siemens Mobility and ELL signed framework agreement for purchase of up to 200 Vectrons

On 30 November 2023, European Locomotive Leasing Group, based in Wien and München, and Siemens Mobility signed a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 200 further Vectron locomotives.

First passenger trains run to City of London using ETCS
First passenger trains run to City of London using ETCS

On 27 November 2023 Great Northern commuters began travelling to the City of London in trains controlled by on-board ETCS.

First four Class ES104 EMUs handed over to RZD
First four Class ES104 EMUs handed over to RZD

On 27 November 2023, Uralskiye Lokomotivy delivered the first four new Lastochkas to RZD.