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On 12 December 2024, Rhätische Bahn (RhB) and Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGBahn) have signed a contract with Stadler for the supply of eleven new metre-gauge locomotives.

CAF's signalling division has completed an ambitious technological innovation project focused on the implementation of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) up to GoA4 level (fully autonomous) in the Netherlands.

The Warsaw - Łódź section will be the first stretch of HSL in Poland. This route will include a new station in Brzeziny, a county town that until now has lacked any rail transport access.

On Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024 further testing of the newly installed ETCS between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin was carried out.

The BACS consortium led by Bechtel, along with local construction companies Almabani and Consolidated Contractors Company, and in collaboration with Siemens Mobility, successfully delivered Riyadh Metro´s 64 km Blue Line (line 1) and Red Line (line 2), equipped with 67 Siemens Mobility Inspiro trains for fully automated, driverless operations.

On 5 December 2024, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded Stadler the contract to equip its rail network with a new, modern train control system.

On 23 October 2024 the Spanish Met. Office (AEMET) issued a warning of extreme weather along the Mediterranean coast, caused by the formation of a DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos), a low-pressure area at high altitude (over 9,000 m) levels in the atmosphere, isolated from normal circulations of air, and thus capable of moving and behaving in erratic, unpredictable manners.

Stadler US (STAUS) has grown rapidly in recent years. To support and strengthen this development, the Board of Directors has decided to separate the US location from the Swiss division as of 1 January 2025, creating its own North America division.

As of 14 November 2024, all closing conditions for the voluntary public takeover offer of Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE (Bidder), a wholly owned subsidiary of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC), have been fulfilled.

ETCS technology is now controlling every single train that commuters catch on the Great Northern route to Moorgate in the City of London.

PJM has expanded its scope as an accredited test center in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and now also tests the dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead contact line.

On 11 November 2024, the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) put into commercial service the new extension of Barcelona’s tramway, an extension of approximately two kilometres – that incorporates Alstom's innovative catenary-free technology, known as APS.

Plans for a new station in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle have reached a significant milestone after a planning application was submitted for the 100 million GBP scheme.

On 15 October 2024, Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB) and Stadler signed a contract for delivery of six new high-performance metre-gauge locomotives.

JR Central and JR West have announced the planned retirement of the Shinkansen Doctor Yellow EMUs.