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Coradia Max for Renfe unveiled
Coradia Max for Renfe unveiled

On 26 April 2024, the Spanish Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, and the President of Renfe, Raül Blanco, visited Alstom's industrial site in Catalonia, where the 201 new high-capacity commuter trains for Renfe are being manufactured.

Railjet der neuen Generation
Railjet der neuen Generation

Under this motto, ÖBB put the first nine-car railjet of the new generation into service on 22 March 2024; initially it ran on the domestic route Wien - Feldkirch on supplementary services.

Key milestone for HS2 as half of tunnels completed
Key milestone for HS2 as half of tunnels completed

Construction of the giant network of tunnels for HS2 has now passed the halfway point, marking a significant milestone for Britain’s new high-speed line. 

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Desiro HC for Egypt unveiled
Desiro HC for Egypt unveiled

Siemens Mobility is making progress on a huge contract for Egypt that is set to take rail transport in the country to a whole new level.

First Estonian RegioPanter in Latvia
First Estonian RegioPanter in Latvia

On the night of 5/6 April 2024, the first Type 21Ev EMU for Elron set off on its journey from Ostrava to Riga.

Siemens Mobility invests in digital depot in Dortmund
Siemens Mobility invests in digital depot in Dortmund

Siemens Mobility is investing approximately 150 million EUR to expand its service depot in Dortmund-Eving by 87,550 m2 to meet the growing demand for rail services.

ČD to buy ten Vectrons from RSL
ČD to buy ten Vectrons from RSL

ČD has announced that it will buy back ten of the Vectron MS locomotives it leases from RSL. In fact, the first has already been bought back as of 3 May 2024. 

RegioPanter BEMU to be exhibited at Rail Business Days
RegioPanter BEMU to be exhibited at Rail Business Days

The organiser of the Rail Business Days trade fair announced on 6 May 2024 that the RegioPanter 690.247 will be presented at this event.

ÖBB ordered further 21 Desiro ML units
ÖBB ordered further 21 Desiro ML units

On 29 April 2024, Siemens Mobility has received an order from ÖBB for an additional 21 Desiro ML three-car EMUs.

Renfe's Spanish shuffle
Renfe's Spanish shuffle

On 11 April 2024 it was announced that Renfe had now received the first ten Class 106 AVRIL high speed trains.

CAF's HEMU test completed
CAF's HEMU test completed

On 22 April 2024 Adif announced that the CAF‘s HEMU prototype had now run 10,000 km using hydrogen while on test.

KISS first contract awarded in Bulgaria
KISS first contract awarded in Bulgaria

On 26 April 2024, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria and Stadler have signed a contract for the delivery of seven KISS EMUs.

Alstom's bogie frame factory in Mátranovák to increase its production capacity
Alstom's bogie frame factory in Mátranovák to increase its production capacity

Alstom aims to boost production capacity by 40 % at its Mátranovák bogie frame factory in Hungary through a 6 billion HUF development program.

Traction motors for Civity trains in Niederrhein-Münsterland
Traction motors for Civity trains in Niederrhein-Münsterland

A total of 76 new Civity regional BEMUs built by CAF will be operational in the networks of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VVR) and Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NLW) in Germany.

Digirata - an ETCS in Finland
Digirata - an ETCS in Finland

Like other European countries, also Finland is preparing to introduce ERTMS.