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On 31 May 2023 Siemens Mobility announced that it has been awarded a contract extension for the maintenance of the Class 185 fleet serving TransPennine Express routes

From early October 2023, it is planned to put into service for Verkehrsverbund Tirol the new Cityjet Desiro ML EMUs.

The first of the EffiShunter 1000M locomotives for ČD has completed a test run.

On 29 May 2023, CZ LOKO announced that the next company to choose EffiShunter 1000 locomotives was DB Cargo Italia.

In the coming weeks, one of the EURODUALs will make test runs in several Balkan countries as part of the type approval process there.

The CRRC-built unit 665.002 is present in Slovakia for the purpose of testing required as part of the approval process for operation on the ŽSR network.

On 25 May 2023 HÜBNER announced that it will refurbish 680 gangway systems in the coming five years for the ÖBB in the railjet fleet.

ÖBB is now planning a major change to its railjet trains.

On 24 May 2023 HS2 Ltd has received Schedule 17 approval for a 150-metre section of viaduct carrying trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline.

On 23 May 2023 TMH Elektrotekh of Novocherkassk completed tests of a new Type DTA-380U1 asynchronous traction motor intended for use in the Ivolga 3.0 EMUs.

In April 2022, MÁV-START and Siemens Mobility signed a framework agreement for the delivery of 115 Vectron locomotives.

ŽOS Vrútky presented in Berlin a Bdmpz second class coach for Slovak railways. The latter has ordered in total 17 cars of this type.

Another novelty from Stadler are the Class 561 double-deck EMUs, of which four were ordered by ZSSK in December 2021.

The first EURO9000 is due to hit the track soon, as ELP expects to deliver the first three locomotives.

On 17 May 2023 Alpha Trains announced that it will lease brand-new Vectron AC locomotives to Green Cargo.