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On 30 July 2024, Vossloh France SAS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Werdohl-based Vossloh AG, signed an agreement with TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. regarding the acquisition of Sateba Group. 

On 30 July 2024, Metrovagonmash delivered to the Republic of Belarus the first Type Minsk 2024 metro train (Models 81-765.7/766.7) for operation in the Minsk Metro.

A specialist cantilever process has been used for the first time in the UK by HS2 to build the first span of a 472-metre-long single track viaduct in the West Midlands.

Eleven years and two days after the derailment on 24 July 2013 of a Class 730 Alvia express on the curve at Angrois, on the approach to Santiago de Compostela station, the enquiry court reached its final verdict on 26 July 2024.

Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply 90 Adessia Stream commuter trains to local rail passenger transport authorities go.Rheinland and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) for operation in the S-Bahn Cologne network.

The digital automatic coupler (DAC) will be one of the key topics at InnoTrans, which will bring together around 130,000 trade visitors from the mobility sectors of more than 56 countries in Berlin from September 24 to 27, 2024.

A 91-metre Carol Green rail bridge designed to carry HS2 over the existing West Coast Main Line near Kenilworth is taking shape, following the successful installation of 83 giant pre-tensioned concrete beams over 13 consecutive weekend night shifts.

On the OETD IK Żmigród test circuit, a dual-mode locomotive prototype produced by PESA Bydgoszcz is undergoing driving tests.

City of Vienna and Wiener Linien ordered 27 additional Flexity trams from Alstom.

On 22 June 2024, for the first time BDŽ PP put into regular service with passengers former DB's IC1 coaches.

SBB Cargo International has ordered an additional 20 Vectron MS locomotives equipped with the XLoad package. The locomotives will be leased from SüdLeasing in a long-term contract with a flexible term.

On 17 July 2024, Alstom signed a long awaited contract with ÖBB to upgrade up to 449 vehicles with the ETCS OBUs.

After a long time, the repair of the damaged section of the line, which is (was) the main link between the Romanian metropolis and Bulgaria, was completed.

HS2 has completed the four huge piers of the Curzon 2 bridge, marking a significant construction milestone on the sequence of viaducts that will take high-speed trains in and out of Birmingham.

On 6 June 2024, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, a mock-up of the interior of the new carriage for "Aurora" train to be operated by FPK, was presented at the RZD stand.