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On 7 July 2025, Siemens celebrated the opening of its expanded train factory in München-Allach, one of the most modern train production facilities in Europe and a key location in Siemens Mobility’s European service network.

As can be seen from the records in the ERA TV database, on 2 July 2025, the ERA issued a type approval for the TRAXX3 MS with software version VR01.5, which is a major step for its operational deployment and interoperability.

The Royal Train will be decommissioned ahead of the current contract expiring in March 2027.

On Saturday of 28 June 2025, Siemens, in collaboration with DB Systemtechnik and DB InfraGO, achieved 405 km/h on the HSL between Leipzig/Halle and Erfurt.

Messe Berlin will launch InnoTrans Asia, the first Asian edition of the world’s leading transport technology trade fair, in Singapore, following the signing of a MoU with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).

On 19 June 2025, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was presented with the first finished coaches produced at the Stadler Kazakhstan works in Astana.

With the handover of the RABe 526 013 at the SOB depot in Herisau on 22 May 2025, Stadler completed the largest SOB (Schweizerische Südostbahn) order for vehicles - exactly on schedule.

On 27 June 2025, Getlink has introduced a refreshed Group brand identity and revealed a new brand architecture for its entities.

Eurostar has announced positive year-end results and growth for the third year running, alongside brand-new destinations the business intends to serve with its new trains. 

On 25 June 2025 in Wien, ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä, Stadler Chairman of the Board Peter Spuhler and Austrian Federal Minister Peter Hanke presented 4706 103, one of the new railjet double-deck EMUs.

Tokyu, a private railway operator that operates railways in the Greater Tokyo Area, introduced five-car Class 6050 EMUs built by J-TREC.

Stadler Bussnang AG and Stadler Rheintal AG (i. e. the St. Margrethen and Altenrhein works) are joining forces and merged to form Stadler Rail Schweiz AG on 20 June 2025.

These are two new train maintenance contracts, worth more than 100 million EUR in total, under which CAF will carry out maintenance work on train fleets that it has supplied.

On 12 June 2025, Alpha Trains and VIAS Rail GmbH (VIAS), a subsidiary of the RATH Group, have signed a leasing agreement for 14 five-car Stadler FLIRT 1 EMUs.

Five years and six months after the official inauguration of the Léman Express, project stakeholders gathered on 12 June 2025 at Genève-Aéroport and Annemasse to celebrate a dual milestone: