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On 23 March 2026, TVZ announced that it will build 36 cars for the private company Tverskoy Ekspress for the new „Nochnoy ekspress“ (“Night Express”) service on the Moskva - Adler route.
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.
Stadler is executing a KTZ contract from December 2022 for new passenger cars with a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
For the very first time in history, a 1,600-tonne freight train has on 1 July 2026 successfully been hauled over the demanding 17 ‰ gradient of Line 162 in Belgium by a single locomotive - namely EURO9000.
Stadler’s EURO6000 electric locomotive has officially received authorization for operations in Belgium, following the approval for Luxembourg obtained at the end of 2025.
On 10 July 2026, Siemens Mobility and Technis have signed a partnership agreement to prepare local maintenance capabilities for future Vectron locomotive operations in France.
The first completed cut and cover tunnel on Britain’s new high-speed railway has been revealed at a site on London’s western periphery.
The construction of one of the longest ‘cut and cover’ tunnels on the HS2 project took a major step forward this week with the last of 5,020 reinforced concrete segments lifted into position at the site near Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire.
On 8 July 2026, Alstom has been awarded a two-year contract to provide maintenance for night trains in Sweden on behalf of SJ.
On 26 June 2026, Alstom announced that its joint venture with Indian Railways, Madhepura Electric Locomotive Private Limited (MELPL), has been awarded a new five-year maintenance services contract.
On 30 June 2026, Škoda Group has won the tender for the supply of new trams for Uppsala.
In spite of all the speculation, on 23 June 2026 it was announced that only two manufacturers had submitted all the correct documentation required by Renfe Viajeros from bidders: Hitachi Rail and Siemens Mobility.
On 30 June, 2026, the Line RE 47 was officially inaugurated with a maiden run of a BEMU.
The procurement of 11 FLIRT InterCity EMUs by GYSEV has entered a new phase: the bodyshells manufactured at Stadler’s Szolnok plant have already been transported to Siedlce, Poland, where final assembly of the vehicles is currently underway.
Alstom has successfully delivered into passenger service the first of four Australind trains for the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia.