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On 15 August 2025, the Škoda ForCity Plus 47T trams have started operating with passengers at CVBB.

On 18 August 2025, MPK Kraków signed the contract with PESA Bydgoszcz for the delivery of 30 new bidirectional trams.

In January 2025, Virgin Group announced that it planned to order “a dozen high-speed trains to challenge Eurostar’s ‘monopoly’ in the Channel Tunnel”.

At present, two pre-series Modula hybrid locomotives produced by Vossloh Rolling Stock are tested at the VUZ Velim test centre.

The Hyperloop idea still finds its supporters and entities that try to keep it alive. As at InnoTrans 2022, it was also present in Berlin in 2024.

Liebherr-Transportation announced that it will deliver heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems that use the climate-friendly natural refrigerant R744 (CO₂) for the first time.

DB Cargo UK has started work on the fitment of ETCS OBUs to nine of its Class 66 locomotives.

RAILPOOL, one of Europe's leading rail vehicle leasing companies, secured a subordinated financing of 200 miliion EUR for its ongoing growth.

On 12 August 2025, Lokaltog has placed an order for ten more battery-powered FLIRT AKKU trains from Stadler, which were included as an option in the contract signed in October 2024.

As we mentioned at the beginning of July, the production of the Class 384 locomotives for ČD is underway at the München-Allach works.

On 11 August 2025, the ARF project team took over the RE-IR 101 004 unit.

On 7 August 2025, Alstom and ARF publicly revealed the design of the TRAXX Universal electric locomotive produced for the Romanian railwas.

A Talgo train is currently heading to the Czech Republic, where it will undergo tests at the VUZ Velim test centre.

Alstom has been awarded the Red Dot Award 2025 for the design of its new high-speed platform Avelia Stream Nordic X80.

In July 2025, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has begun supplying CAF with traction equipment for 60 trains (300 cars in total) in the Double-Decker New Generation (DDNG) EMUs ordered by NS.