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On 11 September 2026, Alstom has signed contracts worth 1.2 billion EUR with TransPennine Express (TPE) for the supply and long-term maintenance of a new fleet of BEMUs.
On 3 September 2026, Alstom has signed an agreement with VIA Rail Canada to design, engineer, manufacture and support a new Long Distance, Regional and Remote (LDRR) fleet.
On 28 August 2026, the first of 10 new Class 345 Aventra Elizabeth line trains has begun passenger service in London.
On Monday 31 August 2026, Occitanie’s first battery-powered train entered commercial service on the Nîmes–Vauvert line.
Not only Renfe, but also the neighboring Comboios de Portugal are planning to purchase new high-speed trains.
Early June, the first of 10 new Elizabeth line trains being built in Derby has left its production line and started final checks on the on-site test track.
On 30 June 2026, one Class X250 EMU arrived at the VUZ Velim Test Centre.
On 8 July 2026, Alstom has been awarded a two-year contract to provide maintenance for night trains in Sweden on behalf of SJ.
Alstom has successfully delivered into passenger service the first of four Australind trains for the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia.
On 11 June 2026, Alstom celebrated the production of the 500th train of its OMNEO Régio2N platform at its Crespin site.
On 19 December 2025, the EIB announced that it had agreed to loan 500 million EUR to Renfe to part-finance the latter’s project to rejuvenate its EMU fleet used on Rodalies and Media Distancia services in Catalunya.
After several years of delay, the long-awaited moment arrived for Västtrafik on 11 May 2026, when the first X80 EMU departed from Göteborg C for Älvängen.
In 2016, Alstom and SNCF launched a project to develop a new generation of French high-speed trains, known as TGV M. The following article will focus on the design of these vehicles, which is very interesting in many ways.
On 22 May 2026, TGV M has obtained type authorisation from ERA as Type TGV 22000.