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Avanti West Coast’s Pendolino fleet upgrade reached major milestone
Avanti West Coast’s Pendolino fleet upgrade reached major milestone

On 7 September 2023 Avanti West Coast has completed the upgrade of the 35th, and the last of 11-car Pendolino EMUs.

Livery of Avanti West Coast’s Class 805 trains
Livery of Avanti West Coast’s Class 805 trains

The livery for Avanti West Coast’s new fleet has been revealed for the first time at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe works.

Five more ENNO trains
Five more ENNO trains

On 21 September 2023 representatives of Regionalverband Grossraum Braunschweig and Alstom have signed a contract for five more Coradia Continental EMUs.

First ComfortJet driving trailer
First ComfortJet driving trailer

The Siemens Mobility - Škoda Transportation consortium continues the work on the contract for twenty ComfortJet units.

Great Northern’s Class 717 fleet set for upgrade
Great Northern’s Class 717 fleet set for upgrade

On 16 August 2023 Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has received authorisation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to upgrade its Great Northern Class 717 Desiro UK to the latest specification of ETCS. I

Testing of Class 555 continues
Testing of Class 555 continues

Tens of thousands of detailed tests are taking place to get the new Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet ready for customer service.

Wiener Linien orders 10 additional X-Wagen metro trains
Wiener Linien orders 10 additional X-Wagen metro trains

The WL fleet will be modernized with 44 new X trains.

First Vectron for Fenniarail
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First Vectron for Fenniarail

Fenniarail will soon receive its first Vectron.

Development of Innofreight in Poland
Development of Innofreight in Poland

Innofreight technology in various forms is already commonly present on Czech (and Slovak) railways, under development of the Czech subsidiary Innofreight Czech. However the latter also covers the expansion of this technology to Poland.

Class 483/484 completely in service
Class 483/484 completely in service

On 18 September 2023 the new Berlin S-Bahn fleet has been completed: all 106 trains of the new class are now in service.

Zefiros for SJ will use Knorr-Bremse technologies
Zefiros for SJ will use Knorr-Bremse technologies

Alstom has commissioned Knorr-Bremse to equip new Swedish high-speed trains with braking systems, which will be managed by the latest evolution of the CubeControl brake control system.

Wales’ first tram-trains unveiled
Wales’ first tram-trains unveiled

On 31 July 2023 the Class 398 tram-trains that will revolutionise transport across the South Wales valleys have been unveiled at their new 100 million GBP depot at Taff’s Well, northwest of Cardiff.

New Lovosice - Zeebrugge intermodal line
New Lovosice - Zeebrugge intermodal line

On 11 September 2023, new Lovosice - Zeebrugge intermodal line was launched.

Testing of 50 Hz train charging in Saxony
Testing of 50 Hz train charging in Saxony

Despite all the efforts to electrify the German rail network, many regional lines will remain without catenary in the future, as this investment is not worthwhile everywhere.

Still questions over emission-free operation in the north of the Netherlands
Still questions over emission-free operation in the north of the Netherlands

Since April 2021, Arriva Nederland operates the WINK units. Although they are technically capable of battery operation, for reasons that are hard to understand, the use of this capability is not in sight...