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Dragon 2 Type E6MST locomotives, i.e. the Polish Class ET43, have been appearing occasionally on freight trains in Poland since the beginning of April.

At the beginning of May, Siemens Mobility announced that PKP CARGO had handed over all five Vectrons from the last order placed so far.

VR's first brand new diesel locomotives started operating in commercial traffic on 3 May 2023.

On 3 May 2023, during a meeting with Adrián Barbón, the President of the Principality of Asturias, the Secretary General for Infrastructures, Xavier Flores, announced that the 50 km high speed line from La Robla to Pola de Lena, through the 25 km base tunnel under the Cordillera Cantábrica, would be opened to commercial traffic 'during November 2023'.

On 4 May 2023, the Railpool Group (RAILPOOL) confirmed that GIC has acquired a further 27 % stake in the business from co-owner Palladio Partners.

On 3 May 2023 CAPTRAIN España has signed a contract with Stadler Valencia to purchase eight new EURO6000 electric locomotives.

On 3 May 2023 Alpha Trains announced its partnership with Low Cost Rail od Spain and Stadler Valencia for the purchase and lease of three EURO6000 locomotives.

On 14 April 2023 the Turkish Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, revealed preliminary details of the proposed new high speed line which will link Istanbul and Ankara.

Turkey's high speed network expanded on 26 April 2023, with the inauguration of the new 406 km, 250 km/h double track line between Kırıkkale and Sivas.

Gruppa Sinara announced that a meeting of the acceptance committee was held at Elektrotyazhmash-Privod of Lysva to assess the results of the development work on the Type TAD430 asynchronous traction motor produced for the new Class 2TE35A locomotives. 

On 26 April 2023 Alstom announced it will supply SNCF Voyageurs with 60 additional new generation RER trains, for lines RER D and RER E of the Île-de-France network, for a total of almost 1 billion EUR.

Toulouse Métropole and Tisséo (the transport authority of Toulouse), Brest Métropole (the transport authority of Brest) as well as Grand Besançon Métropole and Ginko (the transport authority of Besançon) have chosen Alstom for the acquisition of new generation trams. The group awarded Alstom with a frame agreement of eight years, including a minimum order of 22 trams.

As we reported recently, Vectron is now approved for through operation between Scandinavia and central Europe, following ERA certification of the respective X4-E-Loco-B DE-AT-DK-SE-NO (E32.02) version.

On 25 April 2023 Alstom has been awarded a contract by Quebec City for the supply of 34 Citadises.

On 24 April 2023 Govia Thameslink Railway’s first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar train has been retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.