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Hitachi Rail on InnoTrans 2024 introduced the Frecciarossa 1000 unit (ETR 400 series according to the Italian scheme), specifically four cars from the Trenitalia’s ETR 400 061.

On 24 March 2025, an Alstom-built EMU for NorskeTog arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

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.

On 20 March 2025, the 1,000th car for the Ivolga family was presented in Tver. The car forms part of the 92nd train built at TVZ since the start of production of this class.

A total of 12 nearly 60 m long trams are being produced at Plzeň works, and now the first Škoda ForCity Smart 38T from batch production is ready to depart for the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area.

On 19 March 2025, Alstom announced it will supply the Eurométropole de Strasbourg and the Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) with 27 new-generation Citadis trams that will reinforce CTS fleet from 2026.

On 19 March 2025, Alstom has been chosen by Le Havre Seine Métropole to supply the new trams for the extension of its tramway network.

On 12 March 2025, Stadler and WESTbahn announced the signing of a contract for the delivery of three 11-car SMILE units.

The German specialist for rail vehicles, railway and shunting technology WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentechnik has developed the next generation of a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).

On 28 February, the Syndicat des Mobilités de Touraine (SMT) signed a contract with the CAF for the delivery of 19 Urbos trams for the future line 2 of the Tours tramway.

In early March 2025, the first single-deck gabarit T (T loading gauge) prototype car of Model 61-4533, built at TVZ, has begun approval testing.

On 11 March, 2025, the interior design of the new TGV generation was unveiled at the Gare de Lyon.

In November 2020, the first six-car double-deck push-pull train with Class 102 locomotive began test operation with passengers.

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.

On 5 February 2025, European Sleeper launched its long announced night service linking Brussels with Venice.