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ELP successfully tested, commissioned and then handed over the first two EURO9000 locomotives to its customers.

On 16 June 2023 Stadler announced that it was contract by the Italian region of Valle d’Aosta for four FLIRT EMUs. This order marks the sale of the 2,500th FLIRT.

On 15 July 2023, with all 20 of its Class 109 Frecciarossa EMUs now in service, Iryo introduced a stop at Camp de Tarragona on specific Madrid to Barcelona services.

Renfe has finalised the registration of its Lyon branch and now has the authorisation from the French authorities to start its commercial activity imminently.

On 12 June 2023 Swedish open-access operator Snälltåget has announced that it will be implementing S3 Passenger, the dynamic pricing, inventory management, and reservation system offered by Sqills, a Siemens Mobility subsidiary.

Arriva has submitted an application to the Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) with proposition to operate the international train service between Groningen and Paris from 2026.

The electrification of Caltrain has reached another major milestone: on 6 June 2023 it was announced that electric trains operated under power from the overhead line for the first time.

The Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium (HTSC) will deliver 12 trains for Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSR).

On 6 June 2023 the FCH2Rail project, in which a bi-mode demonstrator train with hydrogen fuel cells is being developed, has achieved an important milestone by obtaining authorisation to run in tests on the Spanish national network.

On 6 June 2023 CAPTRAIN España has taken delivery of a new EURO6000 international electric locomotive.

On 6 June 2023 at the Rail Business Days in Ostrava, Stadler and ZSSK presented the first six-car double-deck KISS EMU of the Class 561 to the public.

On 2 June 2023 Iryo inaugurated its new service from Madrid to Albacete and Alacant.

The next edition of Rail Business Days will take place from 5 to 7 June.

On 4 May 2023 Juli Fernàndez i Olivares, the Catalan Minister for the Interior, and FGC President, Toni Segarra i Barreto, were present at the putting into service of the first two of the five new Class 257 electro-diesel locomotives (257.01 and 02) ordered from Stadler Rail Valencia.

Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar EMU has now completed static testing of its retrofitted ETCS in-cab signalling equipment, as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.