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A milestone for mobility transition in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW): the new Mireo Smart Plus B trains for Regiobahn were officially presented on 17 July 2025 at Siemens Mobility's test center in Wegberg-Wildenrath.

On 9 July 2025, CAF started the new construction and modernisation of the historic depot in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.

A first major contract for the development of Akiem's passenger train business in the European market.

On 17 April 2025, DB Regio ordered 19 battery-electric FLIRT AKKUs trains for the Central Thuringia battery network.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visited on 6 December 2024 Newton Aycliffe to celebrate a significant agreement for the Hitachi Rail factory which has secured an order of around 500 million GBP to manufacture 14 new five-car class 80X trains for FirstGroup, including maintenance over a ten year lease period.

Siemens Mobility also presented the Mireo Smart EMU, a new standardised regional train platform, the development of which was announced in 2020.

Stadler's special surprise, announced only in June, was the RS ZERO, a modern hydrogen powered successor of the RegioShuttle RS1 diesel railcar.

Following the transfer of all four Class 690 RegioPanter BEMUs to Bohumín on 28 November 2024, their handover to České dráhy took place the next day.

On 28 November 2024, alle four Class 690.2 units moved to their future operational location, Bohumín depot.

Lokaltog A/S is decarbonising its fleet in the Zealand region. The company has opted for the FLIRT battery-powered trains from Stadler.

In early October 2024, Renfe's administrative council gave its consent for the state-owned operator to purchase a significant number of shares in Longitude, which is the Italian company which owns open access operator Arenaways.

On 29 May 2024, the Stadler's FLIRT AKKU service centre in Rendsburg was opened, which has been built over the past 19 months in the heart of Schleswig-Holstein.

The organiser of the Rail Business Days trade fair announced on 6 May 2024 that the RegioPanter 690.247 will be presented at this event.

A total of 76 new Civity regional BEMUs built by CAF will be operational in the networks of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VVR) and Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NLW) in Germany.

On 8 April 2024 the first four Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility started regular passenger service, marking a premiere in Germany.