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Siemens Mobility also presented the Mireo Smart EMU, a new standardised regional train platform, the development of which was announced in 2020.

Tobu Railway, the private railway serving northwest of Greater Tokyo and the wider Kanto region, unveiled new Tobu Class 80000 EMUs.

On 24 September, Siemens Mobility presented first Velaro high-speed train for Egypt.

At the end of 2024, ÖBB has ordered a further 30 Mireos for commuter and regional transport from Siemens Mobility.

On 7 February 2025, ÖBB published photos of the new Class 4706 KISS EMU family.

Another Class 655 EMU has arrived in the Czech Republic, i. e. one of seven three-car units of the Regio160 type, which RegioJet has ordered from PESA Bydgoszcz.

On 23 January 2025, Leo Express and Stadler signed a contract for the installation of 25 kV 50 Hz traction equipment in five DC-only Class 480 units.

In early October 2019 it was announced that Talgo had been awarded a 39 million EUR contract to build an eight-car variable gauge 3 kV DC/25 kV AC high speed laboratory/diagnostics train, consisting of two power cars with a combined power rating of 8,000 kW and six intermediate trailers, and capable of running at speeds of up to 330 km/h.

On 17 January 2025, Stadler celebrated the 15th anniversary of the opening of its bodyshell works in Szolnok.

After a test operation with passengerswith 665.002 from the beginning of February 2024 to the end of May 2024 on the R23 Kolín - Ústí nad Labem line and after subsequent verification of parameters by the RegioJet with further deployment of the Class 665 from the end of October, the Siriuses have become a common sight on the route between the two cities since 15 December 2024.

On 15 January 2025, ZSSK announced a public tender for the purchase of two modern EMUs for the Bratislava - Žilina line with the possibility of exercising an option for two more units. 

As the representative of the regional trains for InnoTrans 2024, Alstom has chosen the Coradia Max EMU for LNVG.

Demichovsky mashinostroitelny zavod (DMZ) has ramped up to its planned capacity of gearboxes for the Class EGE2Tv Ivolga 4.0 EMUs manufactured at TVZ.

On 14 December 2024, HHLA Project Logistics successfully completed its first loading operation in the Port of Hamburg.

On 29 December 2024, two prototypes of the new Class CR450 high-speed trains were unveiled in Beijing.