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On 25 October 2020 Bombardier Transportation celebrated delivery of the 800th MOVIA metro car to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

On 26 October 2020 Eurostar has started to operate direct high speed services from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London St. Pancras.

In late September 2020, the Dutch Provincie Groningen, being regional transport authority, has decided that diesel trains operating the services under the regional concession will be replaced by hydrogen trains.

Ground-breaking ceremony with State Secretary Deutschendorf on 26 October 2020: RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, Rhine-Main Transport Association), Alstom and Infraserv Höchst develop hydrogen infrastructure in the Rhein-Main region.

On 22 October 2020, Softronic and Green Cargo have signed the frame contract for a batch of up to 100 Transmontana locomotives

Traktionssysteme Austria has started its business partnership with Hungarian bogie manufacturer Ganz Motor already in 2018 and was now awarded the first order.

Siemens, Sinara and UL are more than five years preparing for the building of high speed trains for the future Russian HSLs.

On 20 October 2020 at Uralskie lokomotivy (UL) of Verkhnyaya Pyshma the building of the only production complex in Russia for the high-speed trains began in a solemn ceremony.

On 19 October 2020, HS2 revealed the latest designs for the Edgcote and Lower Thorpe Viaducts as the high speed rail project began a four week online engagement event for communities in Northamptonshire.

Eurowagon puts in service first of the new-built intermodal wagons, which it has ordered from Tatravagónka.

On 19 October 2020 Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed a three-year extension to its Train Services Agreement with Arriva CrossCountry.

On 12 September 2020, a second ForCity Smart Artic tram arrived from Škoda Transtech in Tampere, marking a major milestone towards the start of passenger service.

Following the transport of a first (only four-car) rake of Viaggio Comfort cars from a batch for ČD to the VUZ Velim test centre in late July, the authorisation tests continues there.

Tatravagónka completed deliveries of a batch of 40 Class Sgmmnss 41' wagons, whose customer is WASCOSA and which are to be hired to Green Cargo.

In early October, Škoda Vagonka of Ostrava finished a bodyshell for the first car of the new Warsaw metro train.