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On 21 March 2025, Alstom and SŽ - Tovorni promet (Slovenian Railways - Freight Transport) have signed a contract for the delivery of 30 TRAXX Universal locomotives, worth over 150 million EUR.

The national Slovak freight operator ZSSK CARGO has already taken over all locomotives from the 20-strong batch of modernised Class 742 locomotives delivered by CZ LOKO under the EffiShunter 1000M designation.

By the end of February 2025, Vectrons from another ÖBB option were gradually put into service.

On 5 March 2025, Alstom signed the full-service agreement with Alpha Trains for eight years for ten TRAXX Universal locomotives.

On 3 March 2025, Alstom has signed a contract with CLIP Intermodal for the delivery of five third-generation TRAXX multi-system locomotives, which will be homologated in the European corridor covering Poland, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary.

On 27 February 2025, the largest Polish pool took delivery of the 41st GAMA Marathon machine ordered so far.

In February 2025, RAILPOOL celebrated a milestone for its fleet’s future viability: the upgrade to ETCS Baseline version 3.4 of all locomotives in Scandinavia is complete.

On 30 January 2025, Siemens Mobility has signed a major framework agreement for 50 Vectrons with RIVE Private Investment.

Hungarian railways have been struggling with a lack of funding in recent years. This is reflected, for example, in the fact that the only major ongoing project for the purchase of new passenger rail vehicles in Hungary is currently the order for FLIRTs for GYSEV.

On 5 February 2025, the presentation of the first Dragon 2 locomotive from the Akiem order took place at the Newag works.

On 10 February 2025, the EURODUAL locomotive 99 001 for Beacon Rail and GB Railfreight, arrived in Velim from Spain.

Siemens Mobility has received its first order for Vectrons equipped with a battery module.

In recent years, the Hungarian national operator has been trying to renew its fleet of locomotives.

Northrail, the Hamburg-based leasing provider and manager of rail vehicles, has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Swedish rail transport company ProTrain Trafik.

On 17 January 2025, the dual-power locomotive 99 001 set off on its journey from Stadler València to the VUZ Velim test centre.