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After a test operation with passengerswith 665.002 from the beginning of February 2024 to the end of May 2024 on the R23 Kolín - Ústí nad Labem line and after subsequent verification of parameters by the RegioJet with further deployment of the Class 665 from the end of October, the Siriuses have become a common sight on the route between the two cities since 15 December 2024.

On 15 January 2025, ZSSK announced a public tender for the purchase of two modern EMUs for the Bratislava - Žilina line with the possibility of exercising an option for two more units. 

As the representative of the regional trains for InnoTrans 2024, Alstom has chosen the Coradia Max EMU for LNVG.

Demichovsky mashinostroitelny zavod (DMZ) has ramped up to its planned capacity of gearboxes for the Class EGE2Tv Ivolga 4.0 EMUs manufactured at TVZ.

On 14 December 2024, HHLA Project Logistics successfully completed its first loading operation in the Port of Hamburg.

On 29 December 2024, two prototypes of the new Class CR450 high-speed trains were unveiled in Beijing.

In early October 2019 it was announced that Talgo had been awarded a 39 million EUR contract to build an eight-car variable gauge 3 kV DC/25 kV AC high speed laboratory/diagnostics train, consisting of two power cars with a combined power rating of 8,000 kW and six intermediate trailers, and capable of running at speeds of up to 330 km/h.

1 January is a public holiday, at national level, right? Well, according to Renfe’s Class 106 AVRILs, so it should be for trains as well!

SNCF Voyageurs has once again entrusted CAF with the supply of 22 Intercités EMUs, branded as Oxygène, which will serve the Bordeaux - Marseille line.

On 12 December 2024, Alstom has completed a 25 million GBP upgrade of the Class 458 fleet for South Western Railway (SWR).

On 16 December 2024, the RER NG EMUs entered into commercial service on the RER D Line of the Île-de-France Mobilités network.

On 9 December 2024, Alstom signed a contract with SNCF Voyageurs for the supply of  35 additional RER NG trains for the RER E line on the Île-de-France Mobilités network.

The BACS consortium led by Bechtel, along with local construction companies Almabani and Consolidated Contractors Company, and in collaboration with Siemens Mobility, successfully delivered Riyadh Metro´s 64 km Blue Line (line 1) and Red Line (line 2), equipped with 67 Siemens Mobility Inspiro trains for fully automated, driverless operations.

On 13 October 2024, JR East began testing new green class double-deck coaches in commercial service on the Chuo Line in Tokyo.

On 19 March 2024, Stadler and GYSEV signed a contract for the supply of FLIRTs for long distance for the Sopron - Budapest and Szombathely - Budapest routes.