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On 23 April 2025, Stadler has secured a significant contract in the field of signalling.

Trains will soon be arriving in one of the world’s coolest neighbourhoods, after plans for the 100 million GBP Liverpool Baltic station were given the green light!

On 11 April 2025, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has awarded the contract for the excavation of a new high-speed rail tunnel in Łódź to a consortium led by PORR.

Contractors building HS2 have completed work on a pair of innovative extensions to the southern portal of its longest tunnel to eliminate the possibility of ‘sonic boom’ being created by high-speed trains entering at 200 mph (321 km/h). 

In 2024, Siemens Mobility sold over 360 Vectrons, the plan is now to produce 385 Vectrons annually to meet the growing demand for locomotives and associated services.

On 9 April 2025, FGC President Carles Ruiz Novella and FGC General Manager Alicia Valle Cantalejo visited the Alstom facilities in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda.

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.

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) have successfully concluded the “Pin Handling mR” project.

In early April 2025, DT-Výhybkárna a strojírna (DTVS) has successfully completed a major order for Network Rail. As part of the contract with Trackwork Ltd., the company has produced a total of 86 turnout tongues (a Type 54E1A1/56E1 profile).

As the rail industry unites under the banner of ‘Railway 200’, to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, HS2 and the Railway 200 team are calling on those with a connection to Birmingham to get involved.

The historic bronze statue of Robert Stephenson, the great railway engineer, has gone on display at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon.

On 4 April 2025, AŽD in cooperation with the Správa železnic demonstrated to the public on the Kopidlno - Dolní Bousov line its 100 % technological readiness for the start of regular operation of the first railway autonomous line with passengers on a line in open landscapes in Europe, which is operated by a vehicle of Czech origin.

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.

The German specialist for rail vehicles, railway and shunting technology WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentechnik has developed the next generation of a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).