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On Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024 further testing of the newly installed ETCS between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin was carried out.

In the 2025 timetable, new services will be introduced between the Czech Republic and Poland connecting Praha and Gdynia under the name "Baltic Express".

As we described earlier, ZSSK will acquire 15 more Vectrons on lease from RSL over the next two years. The first two of these, 193 025 and 032, were taken over on 5 December 2024 and presented to the public the following day.

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.

The BACS consortium led by Bechtel, along with local construction companies Almabani and Consolidated Contractors Company, and in collaboration with Siemens Mobility, successfully delivered Riyadh Metro´s 64 km Blue Line (line 1) and Red Line (line 2), equipped with 67 Siemens Mobility Inspiro trains for fully automated, driverless operations.

On 5 December 2024, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded Stadler the contract to equip its rail network with a new, modern train control system.

Three Laaeffrs560.4 wagons built by CRRC Shandong were recently present at the VÚKV test base in Cerhenice.

On 27 November 2024, two months prior to starting the service on the former suspended route Cuneo - Saluzzo - Savigliano, Arenaways Longitude Holding announced the expanding of its corporate structure through the entry of two shareholders leaders in the European market: Renfe Proyectos Internacionales and Serena Industrial Partners.

Stadler's special surprise, announced only in June, was the RS ZERO, a modern hydrogen powered successor of the RegioShuttle RS1 diesel railcar.

On 23 October 2024 the Spanish Met. Office (AEMET) issued a warning of extreme weather along the Mediterranean coast, caused by the formation of a DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos), a low-pressure area at high altitude (over 9,000 m) levels in the atmosphere, isolated from normal circulations of air, and thus capable of moving and behaving in erratic, unpredictable manners.

The actuators are integrated in LRVs for Boston´s Green Line and raise or lower a train at the station’s platform so that passengers can board and de-board without any barrier.

Stadler US (STAUS) has grown rapidly in recent years. To support and strengthen this development, the Board of Directors has decided to separate the US location from the Swiss division as of 1 January 2025, creating its own North America division.

On 27 November 2024, TVZ received a certificate of compliance with the requirements of the Customs Union Technical Regulation TR TS 001/2011 "On the safety of railway rolling stock" for the improved Model 61-4492 double-deck carriage with seats, and Model 68-4120 bogie.

Following the transfer of all four Class 690 RegioPanter BEMUs to Bohumín on 28 November 2024, their handover to České dráhy took place the next day.