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The production of the first type of Vectron for a non-European customer is proceeding relatively inconspicuously.

The construction of two parallel viaducts that will carry HS2 trains over the M6 near Birmingham Airport has taken a major step forward, with the first section of structural steelwork now complete. 

On 20 May 2025, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny and Korea National Railway have signed a cooperation agreement to advance the development of high-speed rail in Poland.

A-Train AB, the operator of the Arlanda express, signed on 30 April 2025 a contract with Stadler for delivery of seven FLIRTs with an option for an eighth train.

Deliveries of additional Smartrons for the Northrail pool were completed in May 2025.

The newly-established Dutch railway association Stichting Trans Europ Express has acquired the unique and iconic TEE train from the Netherlands Transport Museum.

While at InnoTrans 2022 Vossloh Rolling Stock (VRS) showed two locomotives - the DE 18 with diesel-electric transmission and the completely new Modula EBB design, in 2024 in Berlin there was one DE 18, but two Modulas - in addition to the already known EBB version there was a surprise Modula BFC (Battery + Fuel Cells).

Visitors to this year's Rail Business Days (10 to 12 June) can look forward to a showcase of modern technologies.

České dráhy invited a public contract for modernization of the Class 754 locomotives, which will be part of ČD's offer to ensure transport on non-electrified lines until the introduction of electric operation.

Siemens has announced that the Austrian construction company Swietelsky has taken delivery of the first of the Vectron Dual Mode locomotives ordered and that it will also order these machines in 15 + 25 kV version in the future.

Vossloh Rolling Stock has delivered the first of Northrail’s future new DE 18 locomotives to Sweden where it will undergo dynamic test runs.

On 9 May 2025, HS2’s giant tunnelling machine Mary Ann broke through, marking the end of her mission to excavate the first bore of what will soon become the longest railway tunnel in the West Midlands.

Ten days of demonstrations, tests, and substantive presentations between 5 and 15 May 2025 - this is what the next major step by PESA on its way to the Scandinavian markets looks like.

Alstom has signed a five-year service level agreement (SLA) with Storstockholms Lokaltrafik to support and further develop the digital systems delivered by Alstom and currently in use in the Stockholm metro.