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Akdoğan Train Cargo chooses Siemens Mobility - Vectron goes Türkiye
Akdoğan Train Cargo chooses Siemens Mobility - Vectron goes Türkiye

The Turkish logistics company Akdoğan Train Cargo has ordered five state-of-the-art Vectron MS multisystem electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility, including the XLoad equipment package.

Alpha Trains expands locomotive fleet with 15 Vectron DM locomotives
Alpha Trains expands locomotive fleet with 15 Vectron DM locomotives

Alpha Trains has ordered 15 additional Vectron Dual Mode (VDM) locomotives from Siemens Mobility, continuing the successful collaboration between the two companies.

GAMA 3.0 unveiled at TRAKO
GAMA 3.0 unveiled at TRAKO

The PESA's GAMA 3.0 locomotive, unveiled during a spectacular show, is the first in a new generation of vehicles offered by the Bydgoszcz-based manufacturer.

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Akiem highlights its local presence in Poland at TRAKO
Akiem highlights its local presence in Poland at TRAKO

Akiem participates in the TRAKO exhibition in Gdańsk from 23 to 26 September.

Acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics by CMA CGM
Acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics by CMA CGM

The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions, has announced the acquisition of Freightliner. 

The first Czech TRAXXes with Atlas
The first Czech TRAXXes with Atlas

As part of the ongoing contract with ČD Cargo for 60 Clas 388 TRAXXes, locomotives 388.027 and 028 have already been built, which are the first ones for a Czech customer equipped with an Atlas ETCS OBU

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ČD Cargo's TRAXX 388.020 in a special look
ČD Cargo's TRAXX 388.020 in a special look

The National Railway Day in Nymburk on Saturday, 20 September 2025, also witnessed another presentation of a special decal, specifically the ČD Cargo locomotive 388.020.

RSL acquires Transmontanas
RSL acquires Transmontanas

On 28 July 2025, Softronic announced that it had concluded an order with Rolling Stock Lease for two Transmontana locomotives.

ELP takes delivery of its 100th EURODUAL
ELP takes delivery of its 100th EURODUAL

At the beginning of September, European Loc Pool took delivery of its 100th EURODUAL locomotive from the manufacturer.

Modula locomotives at Velim
Modula locomotives at Velim

At present, two pre-series Modula hybrid locomotives produced by Vossloh Rolling Stock are tested at the VUZ Velim test centre.

InnoTrans 2024 report (28)
InnoTrans 2024 report (28)

The Hyperloop idea still finds its supporters and entities that try to keep it alive. As at InnoTrans 2022, it was also present in Berlin in 2024.

DB Cargo UK started ETCS retrofits to its Class 66s
DB Cargo UK started ETCS retrofits to its Class 66s

DB Cargo UK has started work on the fitment of ETCS OBUs to nine of its Class 66 locomotives.

RAILPOOL raises additional debt
RAILPOOL raises additional debt

RAILPOOL, one of Europe's leading rail vehicle leasing companies, secured a subordinated financing of 200 miliion EUR for its ongoing growth.

Voith to supply couplings for the first DAC train in commercial freight transport within Germany
Voith to supply couplings for the first DAC train in commercial freight transport within Germany

Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (WLE) has been operating the first pairs of wagons with digital automatic couplings in commercial service since March 2025.

Stadler intends to build a new test and maintenance centre in Austria
Stadler intends to build a new test and maintenance centre in Austria

In mid-March, AGRANA, an Austrian company focused on agriculture and industry, announced that it was ending production at the sugar factory in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde.