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On 16 August 2023 Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has received authorisation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to upgrade its Great Northern Class 717 Desiro UK to the latest specification of ETCS. I

On 10 August 2023 Siemens Mobility has won the order for the delivery of 28 three-car Mireo EMUs for the DKS (Digitaler Knoten Stuttgart, Digital Node Stuttgart) pilot project of DSD (Digitale Schiene Deutschland, Digital Rail Germany).

In early August, another nightjet for ÖBB arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

CZ LOKO, which won the contract for the complete modernization of 14 Class 742 locomotives to the EffiShunter 1000M type, handed over the first of them to ČD on 27 June 2023.

On 20 June 2023 Alstom announced that a new important step has been taken in the integration of the Atlas onboard ETCS to the TRAXX locomotive platform.

Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar EMU has now completed static testing of its retrofitted ETCS in-cab signalling equipment, as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.

On 16 March 2023, Stadler held a conference at the Bussnang plant entitled "Individuality in rail transport", at which its latest products and technologies were presented and it was possible, among other things, to run in a FLIRT H2. In the following we will therefore focus on alternative drives as they are conceived by this vehicle manufacturer.

On 24 April 2023 Govia Thameslink Railway’s first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar train has been retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.

In 2018, Bane NOR has launched a project to switch the entire railway network to ERTMS, with inauguration of first two lines scheduled at the end of 2022. However, this did not happen.

On 13 January 2023 Stadler announced that it has won a Europe-wide tender to retrofit up to 80 special vehicles of DB Netz for infrastructure inspection purposes with the GUARDIA ETCS OBUs.

On 1 November 2022, the contract for the retrofit of the on-board ETCS in 78 Class 163 and 363 locomotives of ČD Cargo was completed with a ceremonial act at Plzeň main station.

On 19 October 2022, Alstom has signed a framework agreement worth around 900 million EUR with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana to design, deliver and commission an ERTMS on a large scale in Italy.

On 15 September 2022, Siemens Mobility announced that it has been awarded a contract by NS to retrofit 176 ViRM EMUs with the on-board ETCS Level 2. 

Hrochostroj (part of the enteria group) has become the second Czech company operating in the railway construction industry to decide to acquire its own locomotive, the EffiShunter 1000.

The research project „Automatisiert fahrende Regionalzüge in Niedersachsen“ (Automated regional trains in Lower Saxony) is entering the next...