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On 23 April 2026 at Praha hl. n., the operator Leo Express held the first official presentation of the Talgo train.
On 1 April 2026, Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration announced that it had selected Talgo and Siemens as suppliers in a tender for new night trains.
Since early March, there have been three Talgo rakes in the Czech Republic, which Leo Express plans to use on its existing and new Czech-Slovak services.
Recently the new ICE L was on test runs with DB Fernverkehr's of Class 248.5 Vectron DM to Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region.
On 28 Jnauary 2026, locomotive 384.004 was moved to Germany for the test runs with the DB Talgo NMU, as from 1 May, Class 384 is to take over the hauling of ICE L trains from ČD‘s Class 193.
On 10 February 2026, Leo Express published the first images of the new visual style designed for Talgo long-distance trains.
On 12 August 2025, a Talgo VI unit arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre from Spain, one of three that Renfe is leasing to Leo Express.
On 17 October 2025, Deutsche Bahn presented one of its Talgo 230 non-traction multiple units (NMU) to the public at Berlin Ostbahnhof.
On 8 October 2025, Leo Express announced that it had launched the sale of tickets for trains in the 2026 timetable.
Among the plethora of new vehicles at VUZ Velim test centre, the Talgo VI has now appeared, representing the trio of units that are/will be provided to Leo Express by Renfe.
As we mentioned at the beginning of July, the production of the Class 384 locomotives for ČD is underway at the München-Allach works.
A Talgo train is currently heading to the Czech Republic, where it will undergo tests at the VUZ Velim test centre.
Danske Statsbaner is to receive 16 fifteen-car Talgo NMUs ordered in February 2020 and April 2023.
At a time when Talgo is still sorting out its ownership situation, it must also deal with growing difficulties with the DB contract, which has reached a stage where the customer has begun to show strong dissatisfaction due to the ever-increasing delay of the project.