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More Oxygènes
More Oxygènes

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

EURODUALs for Lithuania
EURODUALs for Lithuania

On 16 December 2024, LTG Cargo, the freight operator belonging to LTG Group, signed a contract with Stadler for the supply of 17 six-axle 25 kV 50 Hz locomotives.

TRAXXes for OnTrain, Poland
TRAXXes for OnTrain, Poland

On 16 December 2024, Alstom, announced signature of two contracts with OnTrain of Wroclaw.

CZ LOKO
"Baltic Expresses" on start
"Baltic Expresses" on start

With the first new timetable season, ČD and PKP Intercity launched the operation of the new international service on 878 km long Praha - Pardubice - Wrocław - Poznań - Bydgoszcz - Gdańsk - Gdynia route.

New Stadler locomotives for RhB and MGBahn
New Stadler locomotives for RhB and MGBahn

On 12 December 2024, Rhätische Bahn (RhB) and Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGBahn) have signed a contract with Stadler for the supply of eleven new metre-gauge locomotives.

New-generation Citadises on the Île-de-France Mobilités network
New-generation Citadises on the Île-de-France Mobilités network

On 10 December 2024, the new-generation Citadis trams entered service on line T1 of the Île-de-France Mobilités network.

Additional RER NG trains for the RER E line
Additional RER NG trains for the RER E line

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.

CAF's ATO tested in the Netherlands
CAF's ATO tested in the Netherlands

CAF's signalling division has completed an ambitious technological innovation project focused on the implementation of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) up to GoA4 level (fully autonomous) in the Netherlands.

DE 18 authorised for France, Belgium and Luxembourg
DE 18 authorised for France, Belgium and Luxembourg

On 6 December 2024, ERA granted two types of the DE 18 locomotives - the DE 18 Stage V and the DE 18 Stage V SmartHybrid - with the homologation for France, Belgium and  Luxembourg.

First look at HSL Brzeziny station
First look at HSL Brzeziny station

The Warsaw - Łódź section will be the first stretch of HSL in Poland. This route will include a new station in Brzeziny, a county town that until now has lacked any rail transport access.

Further ETCS tests completed on ECML
Further ETCS tests completed on ECML

On Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024 further testing of the newly installed ETCS between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin was carried out.

Test run for "Baltic Express"
Test run for "Baltic Express"

In the 2025 timetable, new services will be introduced between the Czech Republic and Poland connecting Praha and Gdynia under the name "Baltic Express".

First new Vectrons from RSL handed over to ZSSK
First new Vectrons from RSL handed over to ZSSK

As we described earlier, ZSSK will acquire 15 more Vectrons on lease from RSL over the next two years. The first two of these, 193 025 and 032, were taken over on 5 December 2024 and presented to the public the following day.

Batch-built driving trailers for ComfortJets in Ostrava
Batch-built driving trailers for ComfortJets in Ostrava

Since September, ComfortJet NMUs have been deployed on the SC 240/241 "Košičan" Prague - Ostrava - Košice and EC 178/175 and EC 176/177 "Berliner" Prague - Berlin - Prague services.

Riyadh’s Blue and Red metro lines completed
Riyadh’s Blue and Red metro lines completed

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.