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On 9 September 2024, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Brightline West and Siemens Mobility announced that Horseheads, New York will become home to North America’s first high-speed rail production facility.

Starting in September, the first freight trains will travel over the new rail service between Zeebrugge and Crailsheim, Germany.

In Russia, the construction of high-speed railways (ysokoskorostnye magistrali, VSM) is in the pipeline.

The UK’s pioneering intercity battery train began testing on the national network in late August. This key milestone will see the battery technology trialled on routes between York to Manchester Airport and Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street over the next eight weeks.

The HÜBNER Group is working on the development of a new system solution that allows for fully automated coupling and uncoupling of gangway systems.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport and Communications has concluded another (actually, at the moment, the first) of the complicated state-organised tenders for new electric units.

On 28 August 2024, Crossrail moved a tram for Saarbahn and a Class 99 locomotive of Beacon Rail Leasing for GBRf, both hauled to Berlin to be exhibited at InnoTrans.

On 3 September 2024, a viaduct in Northamptonshire has officially become the first on the HS2 project to be completed as engineers working for the high speed rail project installed the last stretch of parapet along the sides.

On 2 September 2024, the first Class IC5 EMU for DSB arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

Following finalization of Alstom Signaling North America deal, Knorr-Bremse acquires all signaling business activities plus team of approximately 800 employees in six locations

Alpha Trains and Siemens Mobility signed a framework agreement in July 2024 for the supply of up to 70 Vectron locomotives, including an initial order for 35 ones.

In line with its Entry and Exit System (EES) preparation planning, Getlink has completed works on the new pre-enrolment building on the Eurotunnel Terminal in Folkestone, including the installation of biometric data capture kiosks.  

On 30 August 2024, Dopravní podnik Ostrava (DPO) took over the last of 38 trams of the Škoda ForCity Smart 39T type.

Vossloh is playing a central role in the modernization of Deutsche Bahn's main routes. One of Vossloh's rail replacement trains was used for the refurbishment of the Köln - Rhein/Main high-speed line.