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Liebherr-Transportation announced that it will deliver heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems that use the climate-friendly natural refrigerant R744 (CO₂) for the first time.

DB Cargo UK has started work on the fitment of ETCS OBUs to nine of its Class 66 locomotives.

Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (WLE) has been operating the first pairs of wagons with digital automatic couplings in commercial service since March 2025.

The HÜBNER Group will soon deliver the first gangway systems for the new trams of the Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG).

With the opening of a new signaling office in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, Stadler reached a significant milestone in its expansion in June 2025.

These are two new train maintenance contracts, worth more than 100 million EUR in total, under which CAF will carry out maintenance work on train fleets that it has supplied.

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS takes further steps to secure its long-term business development by strengthening its production network. The re-orientation and extension of its activities in the area of Plovdiv (Bulgaria) will focus on the assembly of products for the aerospace and transportation markets.

With a combination of an Schaeffler axlebox generator, battery system and automatic tarpaulin system, European companies are showing how rail freight transport can become more efficient and economical – a real step forward on the way to automated and digitalized freight transport. 

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

Stadler Rail relies on the expertise of PJM to test the pantographs and wheelset torsional oscillations of the KISS double-deck EMUs.

The collaboration between TSA and Toshiba Railway Europe is already yielding results: two Type Toshiba HDB 800 hybrid shunting locomotives are currently undergoing test operations.

ASC’s inertial sensor solutions help Spanish test and analysis center CETEST to address critical measuring and evaluation challenges, to provide unrivalled monitoring outcomes to customers across the world.

Traktionssysteme Austria has secured a significant service contract for the maintenance of its traction motors in CAF Urbos 3 trams in Belgrade.

TATRAVAGÓNKA is integrating PJM‘s digital freight train functions and automated applications into its equipment range. Hence, the efficiency-enhancing monitoring and automation features are now available ex works for wagon purchasers.

On 4 April 2025, Alstom announced an investment plan of more than 150 million EUR at its French sites to meet the growing demand of the French and international rail market, particularly for very high-speed trains.