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Following the approval of TRAXX3 MS locomotives with software version VR01.5, another important and related development took place: the start of their regular operation in Austria.

On 23 July 2025 it was announced that further to the resolution of the Council of State, the SNCB Board of Directors confirmed CAF as the preferred bidder for the Type AM30 train development, manufacturing and supply.

On 10 July 2025, Deutsche Bahn announced that it plans to expand the operation of its Class 408 high-speed trains to new international destinations.

Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) is set to significantly modernise its light rail fleet in the coming years and has awarded Stadler to build 132 high-floor light rail vehicles.

On 2 July 2025, Škoda Group signed a contract to supply up to 30 trams to the city of Mainz.

On 8 July 2025, a key meeting was held at ČMŽO - elektronika, Přerov, with the representatives of ČMŽO - elektronika, ANGELSTAR, Siemens Mobility and TRAMECo Systems. ANGELSTAR, a joint venture between Stadler and MERMEC, is with its GUARDIA system another OBU ETCS manufacturer entering the Czech market.

On 23 July 2025, second RegioJet's Class 162 locomotive was seen on a test run in České Budějovice after being reconstructed to a dual-voltage version.

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

In mid-March, AGRANA, an Austrian company focused on agriculture and industry, announced that it was ending production at the sugar factory in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde.

Danske Statsbaner is to receive 16 fifteen-car Talgo NMUs ordered in February 2020 and April 2023.

At a time when Talgo is still sorting out its ownership situation, it must also deal with growing difficulties with the DB contract, which has reached a stage where the customer has begun to show strong dissatisfaction due to the ever-increasing delay of the project.

Liebherr Transportation Systems (China) has shipped the first batch of HVAC systems to the Stadler Rail in Kazakhstan.

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.

One of the contracts is for the Urbos trams for Grenoble, the second one for Coradia Polyvalent regional trains.