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Like other European countries, also Finland is preparing to introduce ERTMS.
During June, European Loc Pool handed over the first three EURO9000 locomotives for lease.
On 14 April 2023 the Turkish Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, revealed preliminary details of the proposed new high speed line which will link Istanbul and Ankara.
Turkey's high speed network expanded on 26 April 2023, with the inauguration of the new 406 km, 250 km/h double track line between Kırıkkale and Sivas.
CPK has signed contracts for the design of the railway line, which is the first element of the new railway network and at the same time the first section of the first high-speed railway line in Poland.
On 10 November 2022, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has completed the most awaited tender related to the construction of Poland's new airport and signed an agreement with a consortium of Foster + Partners and Buro Happold Limited.
On 28 May 2022, Siemens Mobility and its consortium partners Orascom Construction and The Arab Contractors have signed a contract with the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels to create the country’s high-speed rail system.
Midlands-based construction firm, Collins Earthworks, has completed excavating the north portal site of Long Itchington Wood Tunnel, ready for the launch of the tunnel boring machine that will dig under the ancient woodland in Warwickshire.
On 22 December 2020, the Central Commission of the Czech Ministry of Transport approved the Feasibility Study of the new Praha - Dresden HSL, which was prepared by the CEDOP and Egis Rail consortium.
On 14 January 2021, the National Authority for Tunnels, a governmental authority under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport of Egypt, and Siemens Mobility have signed a MoU - together with the local companies Orascom Construction S. A. E. and The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.) - to design, install and commission Egypt’s first ever high-speed rail transportation system.
On 24 April 2020, Správa železnic signed an agreement with SNCF on the provision of services in preparation for the construction of high-speed lines in the Czech Republic.
Following HVLE and ITL, three other German operators incorporated EURODUALs in their fleets in recent days.