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First look inside EMR’s new Aurora bi-mode fleet
First look inside EMR’s new Aurora bi-mode fleet

East Midlands Railway (EMR) shared first look at the interiors of their new Aurora fleet.

Ground-breaking ceremony for Plasser & Theurer's new factory
Ground-breaking ceremony for Plasser & Theurer's new factory

On 11 September 2024, Plasser & Theurer celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for its new assembly and commissioning factory at the Pummererstrasse site in the Linz industrial area.

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RAILPOOL inaugurated new electric locomotive workshop in Hamburg
RAILPOOL inaugurated new electric locomotive workshop in Hamburg

On 11 September 2024, RAILPOOL Group opened Europe's most modern locomotive workshop in Hamburg Billbrook.

IC5 started test runs in Velim
IC5 started test runs in Velim

On 6 September, shortly after its arrival to the VUZ Velim test centre, the first IC5 EMU for DSBt started its test runs.

CFL multimodal's new service between Bettembourg and Curtici
CFL multimodal's new service between Bettembourg and Curtici

CFL multimodal announced the launch of its new intermodal service between the Intermodal Terminal Bettembourg-Dudelange (LU) and the Railport Arad in Curtici (RO). 

Holographic displays in windows
Holographic displays in windows

In cooperation with ZEISS Microoptics, the HÜBNER Group is developing holographic display technology for window systems in trains and buses.

Siemens Mobility to establish America’s first high-speed rail production facility
Siemens Mobility to establish America’s first high-speed rail production facility

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.

Lineas and ECS strengthen sustainable transport with new service to Germany
Lineas and ECS strengthen sustainable transport with new service to Germany

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

High speed trains for Russian railways
High speed trains for Russian railways

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

Intercity battery train tested in the north of England
Intercity battery train tested in the north of England

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.

A world first: coupling gangways at the press of a button
A world first: coupling gangways at the press of a button

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

Škoda to deliver EMUs to Bulgaria
Škoda to deliver EMUs to Bulgaria

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.

99 002 hauled to InnoTrans
99 002 hauled to InnoTrans

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.

HS2 celebrates first completed viaduct
HS2 celebrates first completed viaduct

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.

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