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On 15 October 2023 the new National Rail Contract (NRC) for West Coast Partnership (WCP) will start.
On 26 September 2023 GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub.
With under two months to go before the formal inauguration of the high speed line between Pola de Lena and La Robla, under the Cordillera Cantábrica, the final stage of testing arrived early in the mornings of 26 and 27 September, the days of simulated evacuations.
On 15 September 2023 Siemens Mobility has completed the first test runs with the Mireo Plus H hydrogen-powered train in Bayern.
ZF will equip the metros built by Hitachi Rail for Italy's two largest cities of Milan and Rome with the latest generation of its two-stage spur gear drive.
On 7 September 2023 Avanti West Coast has completed the upgrade of the 35th, and the last of 11-car Pendolino EMUs.
The livery for Avanti West Coast’s new fleet has been revealed for the first time at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe works.
On 21 September 2023 representatives of Regionalverband Grossraum Braunschweig and Alstom have signed a contract for five more Coradia Continental EMUs.
The Siemens Mobility - Škoda Transportation consortium continues the work on the contract for twenty ComfortJet units.
On 16 August 2023 Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has received authorisation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to upgrade its Great Northern Class 717 Desiro UK to the latest specification of ETCS. I
Tens of thousands of detailed tests are taking place to get the new Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet ready for customer service.
The WL fleet will be modernized with 44 new X trains.
Innofreight technology in various forms is already commonly present on Czech (and Slovak) railways, under development of the Czech subsidiary Innofreight Czech. However the latter also covers the expansion of this technology to Poland.
On 18 September 2023 the new Berlin S-Bahn fleet has been completed: all 106 trains of the new class are now in service.