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A new rail shuttle is about to begin transporting timber products from Malungsfors in Dalarna to Asia via the Göteborg port.

The line between Calais and Domodossola serves as the latest addition to the intermodal route network of CargoBeamer. Starting off on 4 October, the trains will operate on four roundtrips per week.

Following an intensive period of testing on the Merseyrail network and the recent authorisation from ORR, the first of 53 Class 777 EMUs has been on 26 August 2021 officially passed on to Merseytravel.

On 27 August 2021, at the first „VNIIZhT Science 1520: Look Beyond the Horizon“ conference, held at PRO//Motion. Expo, Uralskie lokomotivy presented its new development - the Lastochka β (Lastochka Beta).

On 26 August 2021, the first two Vectrons of the second batch ordered by METRANS left München.

The four Type ES64U4 Eurosprinters which ČD decided to acquire from Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo are being prepared for a handover to their new owner. 

On 23 August 2021, Siemens Mobility and ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam demonstrated a test of the AStriD (Autonomous Tram in Depot) research project.

On 19 August 2021, the Czech infrastructure manager Správa železnic signed a contract with Siemens Mobility Czech Republic for the purchase of a Vectron multi-system locomotive.

On 25 August 2021, AB Transitio, Tåg i Bergslagen and Stadler signed a contract to purchase seven additional DOSTO EMUs.

Between 26 and 29 August 2021, PRO//Motion.Expo (initially EXPO 1520) takes place at the Shcherbinka test circuit.

In December 2018, ČD purchased 12 Class 646 DMUs from DB Regio. 

In early August, testing of the new Stadler-built Class 495.95 EMUs started on the rack railway between Štrba and Štrbské Pleso.

In May 2021, Sinara Transportnye Mashiny and the Kazakh freight operator SilkwayTransit signed an agreement for the supply of four Class TEM14 shunters.

On 29 June 2021, STM signed a contract to supply five Class TEM10 diesel shunters to the Magnitogorsky metallurgichesky kombinat (MMK, Magnitogorsk iron and steel works).

On 20 August 2021, a solemn ceremony of sending 20 metro cars to Uzbekistan was held at Metrovagonmash.