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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.

This is an OCE2 trainset for the Centre-Val de Loire Region, which has arrived in Velim for tests at the speed of 200 km/h.

On 10 June 2025, Alstom and Norske tog have presented the first Coradia Stream for the Nordics regional train fleet that has arrived in Norway for testing.

In recent weeks, three different types of new EMUs have appeared at the VUZ Velim test circuit.

Less in the spotlight are VR‘s Class Dm12 diesel railcars that were delivered between 2004 and 2006 by the then ČKD Vagonka, the Czech Republic

In February this year, VR announced that they will start operating new services under the name Pendolino Plus on the routes from Helsinki to Turku and Oulu at the end of 2025, where they will partially replace the existing InterCity and Pendolino trains.

On 31 May 2025, Alstom announced the inauguration of its first service depot in Shu, Zhambyl region.

On 4 May 2025, Alstom presented, together with STA - Strutture Trasporto Alto Adige SpA - the first of 21 Coradia Stream EMUs that will make up the new regional fleet connecting South Tyrol (Italy) and Tyrol (Austria).

On 25 April 2025, the BULEMU consortium headed by Alstom, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Bulgaria, for the delivery of 35 Coradia Stream interregional EMUs including 15 years of maintenance.

On 10 April 2025, Alstom has signed a contract with S-Bahn Hamburg for a technology upgrade of 82 Class 490 S-Bahn EMUs with the ETCS OBUs and ATO for semi-automatic train operation with GoA2.

On 9 April 2025, FGC President Carles Ruiz Novella and FGC General Manager Alicia Valle Cantalejo visited the Alstom facilities in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda.

On 28 March 2025, Alstom has signed a contract with the Moroccan National Railway Office (ONCF) worth 781 million EUR to supply up to 18 Avelia Horizon high-speed trains.

On 24 March 2025, an Alstom-built EMU for NorskeTog arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

On 11 March, 2025, the interior design of the new TGV generation was unveiled at the Gare de Lyon.

Alpha Trains has refurbished and redesigned 35 Alstom Coradia Continental EMUs in partnership with Talbot Services. The conversion of the last train on 20 February 2025 marks the successful completion of this project.