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On Monday 14 October 2024, the first of the capital's new Piccadilly line trains arrived in London, ahead of a programme of rigorous testing.

On 15 October 2024, Alstom concluded an addendum on the contract with Škoda Group for the supply of the ETCS Level 2 for trains to be manufactured by Škoda for RegioJet.

On 15 October 2024, European Locomotive Leasing has successfully closed a 250 million EUR financing round in the form of a Senior Secured CAPEX revolving credit facility over seven years.

JR Central and JR West have announced the planned retirement of the Shinkansen Doctor Yellow EMUs.

At InnoTrans 2024, Europorte, France's leading private rail freight operator and a subsidiary of the Getlink Group, presented Track Value, an innovative solution for the digitalisation of the freight and logistics sector.

To continue their existing development cooperation, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG and Symeo GmbH have signed a new framework agreement.

HS2’s engineers have celebrated a double milestone in the construction of two huge viaducts that will eventually carry the high-speed railway across a floodplain.

HS2’s Interchange Station in Solihull has taken a step forward after a 20-strong team carefully lifted 15 colossal bridge beams into position.

On 9 October 2024, TMH announced that DMZ will build five Class EP2D EMUs by the end of November 2024 to renew the fleet of regional express trains of the TsPPK.

One of the most innovative public transportation projects in the coming years will be the extremely long and fully continuous suburban trains for the München metropolitan area.

At InnoTrans, Bavarian Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter presented on 25 September the exterior design for the new S-Bahn München trains.

Liebherr-Transportation Systems has been selected by Stadler to provide and service HVAC systems for Norske Tog's FLIRT NEX (Nordic Express) trains for a new batch of long-distance units.

On 26 September 2024, Alstom and SSAB have entered a partnership for the supply of steel made with close to zero fossil carbon emissions.

On 8 October 2024, RS Lease officially handed over to ČD the last of the 50 Vectrons ordered by the operator for lease.

On 7 October 2024, the process of withdrawal of the Class 350 locomotives was symbolically started in the Bratislava hlavné (main station) locomotive depot.