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Digital in-cab signalling has been used by passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line for the first time: the 08.05 Great Northern service to Moorgate on Monday 31 August 2026 was the first passenger train to use the new system on the main line as it was signalled out of Welwyn Garden City station.
All 46 new Tyne and Wear Metro trains have been officially handed over for customer service, marking the final phase of the 362 million GBP project.
After two years of construction, Plasser & Theurer has officially opened its new assembly and commissioning factory on 16 October 2026.
On 15 October 2026, Alstom has signed a 15-year extension to its Train Services Agreement (TSA) with Greater Anglia in the United Kingdom for the operator’s Class 720 Aventra fleet.
On 13 October 2026, Alstom has secured contracts worth approximately 80 million GBP to maintain and modernise eight additional Class 221 Super Voyagers that will join the long-distance CrossCountry fleet from early 2027.
Stadler has built a 950 mm gauge test track between Hemishofen and Ramsen in Switzerland.
On 16 September 2026, two EURO DuFour locomotives arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.
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.
At 16.05 on 12 October 2026, a fire broke out in the rear power car of AVE 100 117 between Calatayud and Zaragoza, near Ricla.
Alstom has delivered 18 of the ordered TRAXX Universal locomotives to CLIP Intermodal.
On 9 October 2026, Alstom and Virgin have signed agreements to cover the supply of 12 Avelia Stream high-speed trains together with long-term maintenance services.
The charging infrastructure for battery-electric trains in Annaberg-Buchholz Süd is operational.
Alpha Trains has completed the sale of 11 Talent DMUs to Public Transport Service (PTS) and Modertrans Poznań.
On 9 October 2026, Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has exercised the option included in the contract signed in 2024 and ordered ten additional intercity trains from Stadler.