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On 5 February 2024, Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) and Stadler have signed contracts for the supply and the maintenance of the Next Generation Passenger Trains for the operation on the growing network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

On 1 February 2024, the Go-Ahead Group has completed the sale of its German rail business to ÖBB.

On 29 January 2024, GB Railfreight has started a new intermodal service, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster.

On 1 February 2024, ČD announced that it has already got back all 14 locomotives of the Class 742, which were redesignated  to the Class 743.2 after modernisation to the Type EffiShunter 1000M.

On 31 January 2024, Griffin E4MSUa-002 (5370 078) was sent from Poland to the VUZ test centre at Velim to start the first tests of the new multiple-voltage version outside Poland.

On 25 January 2024 DSB unveiled the first of the Talgo 230 non-traction multiple units (NMUs) for its long-distance fleet.

On 19 January 2024 ÖBB has ordered the first 70 Mireo EMUs from the framework agreement for up to 540 units.

AITX (American Industrial Transport, Inc.) is an established wagon leasing, repair and maintenance provider in the USA, but in May 2023 it announced its entry into the European market.

On 30 January 2024, a contract for 62 regional EMUs (RE-R) was signed between Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară (ARF, Railway Reform Authority) and PESA  Bydgoszcz.

On 22 January  2024 the Swedish public freight operator Green Cargo has awarded EuroMaint the contract to maintain its fleet of locomotives for a period of up to five years.

On 29 January 2024 Alstom and the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF) have signed a contract for the delivery of 16 TRAXX3 MS locomotives and 20 years of associated maintenance services.

Stadler has finished building a new depot, which will accommodate the fleet of 46 METRO trains being manufactured for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

On 25 January 2024, TMH-Elektrotech received a certificate of compliance with the TR TS 001/2011 standards for the new Type DTA-125 asynchronous traction motors.

Testing of the Talgo 230 NMUs for DB, which are referred to by the operator as ICE-L (Low Floor), is continuing.

On 24 January 2024, the Service Locomotive Depot (SLD) Tynda-Severnaya has completed the acceptance of the first Class 3TE28 diesel locomotives built at BMZ.