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Among the plethora of new vehicles at VUZ Velim test centre, the Talgo VI has now appeared, representing the trio of units that are/will be provided to Leo Express by Renfe. 

As we mentioned at the beginning of July, the production of the Class 384 locomotives for ČD is underway at the München-Allach works.

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.

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.

1 January is a public holiday, at national level, right? Well, according to Renfe’s Class 106 AVRILs, so it should be for trains as well!

One of the Vectrons at InnoTrans was a locomotive designated 248 500 in the colours of DB long-distance vehicles.

Talgo and PESA to collaborate in Poland for high-speed rail network expansion.

On 27 August 2024 the Junta de Inversiones Extranjeras (Foreign Investment Council) of the Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (Economy, Commerce and Business Ministry) vetoed the Ganz Mavag (Magyar Vagon) takeover bid for 100 % of Talgo's shares. I

The Talgo-built Class 106 high speed trains are posing a headache for Renfe Viajeros, from the very start of commercial services.

The first variable-gauge Class 106 EMUs carried their first fare-paying passengers on services linking Madrid to Galicia and Asturias on 21 May 2024. The same day fixed-gauge 106s appeared on AVLO services to Catalunya and Levante.

On 11 April 2024 MITMS Minister Óscar Puente announced that Renfe had now received the first ten Class 106 AVRIL high speed trains.

On 25 January 2024 DSB unveiled the first of the Talgo 230 non-traction multiple units (NMUs) for its long-distance fleet.