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Siemens Mobility has been awarded four significant contracts by HS2 Ltd and will join key contractors under the Rail Systems Alliance.

Construction of a 14,500-tonne box structure designed to take the new HS2 line under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire has taken a major step forward, following the successful installation of 120 gigantic beams.

Avanti West Coast has bid farewell to its Class 221 Super Voyager train after 22 years’ service on the West Coast Main Line.

On 14 December 2024, HHLA Project Logistics successfully completed its first loading operation in the Port of Hamburg.

On 29 December 2024, two prototypes of the new Class CR450 high-speed trains were unveiled in Beijing.

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!

SNCF Voyageurs has once again entrusted CAF with the supply of 22 Intercités EMUs, branded as Oxygène, which will serve the Bordeaux - Marseille line.

The second exhibit of the Chinese manufacturer at InnoTrans 2024 was the ART 2.0 "tram on tyres".

The CRRC's presence as the world's largest manufacturer of rolling stock can be considered as a relatively groundbreaking moment in the history of vehicles exhibited at InnoTrans because this time the company brought two real exhibits to Berlin.

The progress made to deliver HS2 outlined on 30 December 2024 in figures showing that the majority of the deep tunnel drives and earthworks needed for the high-speed railway have now been completed. 

Siemens Mobility and its consortium partners Bozankaya and ST Engineering Urban Solutions (Thailand) have recently secured significant rail contracts in Thailand, including the Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Bangkok, which covers the Orange Line and Blue Line.

On 12 December 2024, Alstom has completed a 25 million GBP upgrade of the Class 458 fleet for South Western Railway (SWR).

On 16 December 2024, the RER NG EMUs entered into commercial service on the RER D Line of the Île-de-France Mobilités network.

On 16 December 2024, LTG Cargo, the freight operator belonging to LTG Group, signed a contract with Stadler for the supply of 17 six-axle 25 kV 50 Hz locomotives.