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On 23 January 2025, Leo Express and Stadler signed a contract for the installation of 25 kV 50 Hz traction equipment in five DC-only Class 480 units.

In recent years, the Hungarian national operator has been trying to renew its fleet of locomotives.

Two ComfortJet units are now present in the VUZ test centre.

On 28 January 2025, ZSSK announced a public tender for the conversion of 10 Class Bmeer cars into couchette cars.

For the start of the 2025 timetable, ZSSK in cooperation with UZ has introduced a new pair of R 961/964 express trains on the route Košice - Čop with the possibility of connecting to/from Kyiv.

A new direct service linking the Hungarian and Ukrainian capitals has been introduced with the start of the 2025 timetable.

Siemens Mobility, in collaboration with its Parklife Metro consortium partners, has revealed a realistic model of a car for the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport line.

On 30 January 2025, Alstom has announced that it will host the UK’s largest ever gathering of historic rail vehicles – The Greatest Gathering – to mark the 200th anniversary of the modern railway.

Northrail, the Hamburg-based leasing provider and manager of rail vehicles, has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Swedish rail transport company ProTrain Trafik.

Starting in 2026, 17 Stadler FLIRT Nordic Express trains will come into operation with the FrontAdd System in the long-distance fleet in Norway.

On 29 January 2025, VTG acquired the remaining shares in Retrack Slovakia from Rail Services Slovakia, becoming the sole owner of Retrack Slovakia and its subsidiaries in Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Following a two-year programme of design, testing, certification and training, the first train fitted with CAF’s latest ERTMS technology has entered passenger service on SAR’s (Saudi Arabia Railways) Riyadh to Dammam network.

On 27 January 2025, the Škoda Group presented the first ForCity Plus 52T tram destined for Praha to representatives of DPP and the media.

In early October 2019 it was announced that Talgo had been awarded a 39 million EUR contract to build an eight-car variable gauge 3 kV DC/25 kV AC high speed laboratory/diagnostics train, consisting of two power cars with a combined power rating of 8,000 kW and six intermediate trailers, and capable of running at speeds of up to 330 km/h.

Under this heading, ZSSK announced on 20 January 2025 that it had launched a public tender for new sleeping carriages.