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This year, ÖBB began the process of modernizing the first generation of railjets, which has been in preparation for several years.
On 20 October 2025, České dráhy, in cooperation with ÖBB, began deploying ComfortJet non-traction units on one pair of „Vindobona” services on the Praha - Wien - Graz line, namely rj 73/370.
On 21 October 2025, RAILPOOL announced that it is further expanding its range of services for cross-border passenger transport unsing Siemens's Vectrain platform.
On 17 October 2025, Deutsche Bahn presented one of its Talgo 230 non-traction multiple units (NMU) to the public at Berlin Ostbahnhof.
On 8 October 2025, Leo Express announced that it had launched the sale of tickets for trains in the 2026 timetable.
On 25 August 2025, ČD issued a tender for a “framework agreement for the supply of non-traction multiple units for long-distance transport”.
On Wednesday morning of 20 August 2025, the ComfortJet 012 was presented to the Austrian public at Wien Hbf.
A Talgo train is currently heading to the Czech Republic, where it will undergo tests at the VUZ Velim test centre.
Danske Statsbaner is to receive 16 fifteen-car Talgo NMUs ordered in February 2020 and April 2023.
At a time when Talgo is still sorting out its ownership situation, it must also deal with growing difficulties with the DB contract, which has reached a stage where the customer has begun to show strong dissatisfaction due to the ever-increasing delay of the project.
On 27 May 2025 Flix has awarded Talgo an around 2.4 billion EUR contract for the supply of up to 65 non-traction multiple units from the Talgo 230 platform, with an initial firm order of 30 NMUs worth near 1,060 million EUR.
TMH has created a new Class DP2D train, which consists of a six-axle Class TEP70BS diesel passenger locomotive and cars from the Class EP2DM EMU.
Almost exactly one year later, Praha main station experienced another milestone in the ComfortJet project: while on 9 April 2024 the first train, the then temporarily configured eight-car unit, was officially presented here for the first time, on 14 April 2025 the complete nine-car unit ran from the same station for its first passenger service.
Since September, ComfortJet NMUs have been deployed on the SC 240/241 "Košičan" Prague - Ostrava - Košice and EC 178/175 and EC 176/177 "Berliner" Prague - Berlin - Prague services.