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On 11 October 2023 representatives of the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy (MFiPR), the Centre for EU Transport Projects (CEUTP) and Centralny Port Komunikacyjny have signed an agreement concerning 64 million EUR (290 million PLN) for funding from the EU's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

The new Eurostar, bringing together Eurostar and Thalys, has launched to customers on 1 October 2023.

Between 24 and 27 August, PRO//Dvizhenie.Expo (PRO//Motion.Expo, originally EXPO 1520) took place. However, this year's 9th edition of the most important exhibition in the area of 1,520 mm gauge railways took place for the first time not in Shcherbinka, but in St. Peterburg.

SD - Kolejová doprava (SD-KD) has added one Class 365 electric locomotive to its fleet and is interested in purchasing up to four of these from CZ LOKO in total.

Newag is currently working on a contract for ten Type E4MSUa locomotives for PKP IC. 

On 5 October 2023 the UK’s first battery powered trains made their maiden trip from the new station at Headbolt Lane in Kirkby.

Less than two weeks after its presentation to ČD representatives at the Siemens Mobility plant in München, the first completed ComfortJet driving trailer was transferred to the VUZ Velim Test Centre.

15 September 2023 - Alstom has merged all companies operating in the Polish market into a single entity, ALSTOM Polska S. A. 

On 4 October 2023 Rishi Sunak has revealed that HS2 from the West Midlands to Manchester is being scrapped.

On 3 October 2023 FNM and Alstom presented the hydrogen-powered Coradia Stream train.

On 15 October 2023 the new National Rail Contract (NRC) for West Coast Partnership (WCP) will start.

On 26 September 2023 GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub.

With under two months to go before the formal inauguration of the high speed line between Pola de Lena and La Robla, under the Cordillera Cantábrica, the final stage of testing arrived early in the mornings of 26 and 27 September, the days of simulated evacuations.

On 15 September 2023 Siemens Mobility has completed the first test runs with the Mireo Plus H hydrogen-powered train in Bayern.

ZF will equip the metros built by Hitachi Rail for Italy's two largest cities of Milan and Rome with the latest generation of its two-stage spur gear drive.