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On 13 October 2026, Siemens Mobility has received a major order from the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) and the Regionalverband Großraum Braunschweig (RGB) for regional BEMUs.
The charging infrastructure for battery-electric trains in Annaberg-Buchholz Süd is operational.
On 5 October, Stadler and Metra unveiled the first battery-electric FLIRT developed for the US market at APTA EXPO 2026 in Chicago.
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 Monday 31 August 2026, Occitanie’s first battery-powered train entered commercial service on the Nîmes–Vauvert line.
On 25 August 2026, during the tests with the short 557 001 Civity BEMU from a batch for VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr) at the Siemens‘s PCW in Wildenrath, the unit achieved 273 km operating on batteries only.
After the Class 480 unit for Renfe arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre on 22 April 2026, two more units from CAF appeared there on 5 June, this time for Germany.
On 30 June, 2026, the Line RE 47 was officially inaugurated with a maiden run of a BEMU.
Siemens is supplying 61 Mireo Plus B trains, supplemented by a full-service contract for up to 30 years.
On 5 May 2026, ZSSK announced that it had secured financing for the purchase of 16 new BEMUs for regional transport.
On 12 March 2026, ÖBB have ordered seven additional FLIRT AKKU units from Stadler.
On 2 February 2026, the three-car Coradia Continental BEMUs of Class 1440.4 were used for the first time on the RE 6 Chemnitz - Leipzig line.
On 6 January 2026, RegioPanter 690.002 unit arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.
On 19 December 2025, the SNCB Board of Directors decided to sign a framework contract with CAF, following the conclusion of the tender for the purchase of new trains launched in December 2022
As part of a wider investment of 173.9 million EUR in Ireland, Alstom has signed a deal worth 160 million EUR with Iarnród Éireann for a further 20 five-car X’trapolis EMUs for the Greater Dublin Area.