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On 20 June 2023 Alstom announced that a new important step has been taken in the integration of the Atlas onboard ETCS to the TRAXX locomotive platform.

The first hybrid electric-diesel-battery regional train underwent its first tests at the beginning of April on the Toulouse - Mazamet and Toulouse - Rodez lines in the south of France. At the end of this test phase, on 14 June 2023, this train was presented at the Occitanie Technicentre.

On 21 June 2023, LTG Link and Stadler signed a contract for the delivery of FLIRTs. 

After only one-and-a-half years of construction, Siemens Mobility opened on 19 June 2023 a new depot in Offenburg together with SWEG.

On 16 June 2023 the X-Wagen metro has started passenger service on the Wiener Linien network.

On 19 June 2023 in Barcelona Renfe President Raül Blanco announced that on 13 July the operator would start its Barcelona to Lyon service, followed on 28 July by that from Madrid to Marseille.

On 15 June 2023 Alstom invited MITMA Minister Raquel Sánchez and Renfe President Raül Blanco to the factory in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, to receive the latest details and images of the 201 Coradia Stream EMUs currently under construction for the Cercanías network in Madrid and the Rodalies network in Barcelona, together with various other Cercanías hubs.

ELP successfully tested, commissioned and then handed over the first two EURO9000 locomotives to its customers.

On 16 June 2023 Stadler announced that it was contract by the Italian region of Valle d’Aosta for four FLIRT EMUs. This order marks the sale of the 2,500th FLIRT.

On 15 July 2023, with all 20 of its Class 109 Frecciarossa EMUs now in service, Iryo introduced a stop at Camp de Tarragona on specific Madrid to Barcelona services.

Renfe has finalised the registration of its Lyon branch and now has the authorisation from the French authorities to start its commercial activity imminently.

On 12 June 2023 Swedish open-access operator Snälltåget has announced that it will be implementing S3 Passenger, the dynamic pricing, inventory management, and reservation system offered by Sqills, a Siemens Mobility subsidiary.

Arriva has submitted an application to the Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) with proposition to operate the international train service between Groningen and Paris from 2026.

The electrification of Caltrain has reached another major milestone: on 6 June 2023 it was announced that electric trains operated under power from the overhead line for the first time.

The Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium (HTSC) will deliver 12 trains for Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSR).