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The 14 electro-diesel Class 730s are being subjected to a mid-life refurbishment at Talgo's Las Matas works.

Swedish container transport is increasingly concentrated to the Nordic region's largest port - this is shown by recently published statistics from Swedish government agency Transport Analysis and The Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises.

Over 4 million people have now fled the war in Ukraine.

Based on the decision of the Evaluation Committee of the international architectural design contest, a team led by international architects Grimshaw will design the new Nyugati (western) station and its surroundings.

On 4 April 2022, Alstom has signed a contract with DB Regio for 29 Coradia Stream High-Capacity EMUs.

On 25 March 2022, Alstom and the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF) have signed a contract worth 270 million EUR for the delivery of 20 Coradia Stream inter-regional EMUs and associated 15-year maintenance services.

On 25 March 2022, TVZ presented the acceptance committee its new development - a Model 61-4551 generator car.

On 30 March 2022, the new Class 4000 metro for Yokohama Municipal Subway was introduced.

On 31 March 2022, ČD signed a contract with Siemens Mobility Česká republika (Czech Republic) for the purchase of 50 Vectron MS locomotives with a maximum operating speed of 230 km/h.

On 30 March 2022, DPO signed a long-term contract for heavy maintenance and repair of trams with Škoda Transportation.

In close collaboration with Siemens Liebherr developed and produces a compact, closed, electrohydraulic brake actuator including all the components necessary to build-up and release the brake force as well as local control.

On 22 - 24 March 2022, ČD together with Siemens Mobility carried out a practical verification of the Vectron - railjet communication. 

On 25 March 2022, the UK's Department of Transport announced that it was awarding a new contract to Govia, a joint venture between Keolis (35 %) and the Go-Ahead Group (65 %), for train maintenance and operation of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) network.

HS2 revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, which has been specially designed to cut noise from trains entering and exiting the project's longest tunnel at speeds of up to 320 km/h.