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ETCS technology is now controlling every single train that commuters catch on the Great Northern route to Moorgate in the City of London.

On 11 November 2024 another TGV M for SNCF arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

Alstom is fulfilling an order to supply 130 Coradia Max high-capacity regional EMUs to a Baden-Württemberg-based customer. This is the largest...

PJM has expanded its scope as an accredited test center in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and now also tests the dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead contact line.

On 11 November 2024, the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) put into commercial service the new extension of Barcelona’s tramway, an extension of approximately two kilometres – that incorporates Alstom's innovative catenary-free technology, known as APS.

After three EMUs produced at the Chorzów plant, Alstom is transferring the production of RE-IR units for the Romanian ARF (Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară) to Bautzen.

The locomotive 188 005 is still undergoing tests, during which it appeared last year at the VUZ Velim test centre.

On 19 October 2024, the new Class 17 SNCB locomotives arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

On 8 November 2024, Angel Trains, Hitachi Rail and TransPennine Express celebrated the successful completion of the UK’s first intercity battery trial in the North of England.

Plans for a new station in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle have reached a significant milestone after a planning application was submitted for the 100 million GBP scheme.

The Russian bank VEB.RF started financing TVZ's project to produce new passenger cars.

In 2025, the TVZ will build three passenger cars for Zheleznye dorogi Yakutii (ZhDYa, Yakutia Railways): a „platzkartny“ car (Model 61-4447), a staff compartment car (Model 61-4445) and a restaurant car (Model 61-4460).

On 24 October 2024, test runs of RegioJet locomotives 388.216 and 219 took place in and around Olomouc for the RSC (Radio System Compatibility) tests related to ETCS. 

The complete end of service of the Class 150.2 locomotives and a significant decline in the deployment of the Class 151 is approaching every day.