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Alstom has been awarded the Red Dot Award 2025 for the design of its new high-speed platform Avelia Stream Nordic X80.

Alstom announced that the latest exhibit confirmed for The Greatest Gathering is Eurostar Class 373 power car 3999.

On 23 June 2025, Alstom announced that it will supply SNCF Voyageurs with 96 additional RER NG EMUs for the RER D line in order to complete and renew the fleet on the latter.

As can be seen from the records in the ERA TV database, on 2 July 2025, the ERA issued a type approval for the TRAXX3 MS with software version VR01.5, which is a major step for its operational deployment and interoperability.

On 17 June 2025, the Société des grands projets, Île-de-France Mobilités and Alstom unveiled the first metro train for Line 18, recently delivered to the Palaiseau operating centre. 

This is an OCE2 trainset for the Centre-Val de Loire Region, which has arrived in Velim for tests at the speed of 200 km/h.

On 10 June 2025, Alstom and Norske tog have presented the first Coradia Stream for the Nordics regional train fleet that has arrived in Norway for testing.

In recent weeks, three different types of new EMUs have appeared at the VUZ Velim test circuit.

On 5 June, at transport logistic 2025, Alstom and Akiem signed contracts for spare parts supply and maintenance of on-board ETCS for TRAXX locomotives.

Less in the spotlight are VR‘s Class Dm12 diesel railcars that were delivered between 2004 and 2006 by the then ČKD Vagonka, the Czech Republic

In February this year, VR announced that they will start operating new services under the name Pendolino Plus on the routes from Helsinki to Turku and Oulu at the end of 2025, where they will partially replace the existing InterCity and Pendolino trains.

On 31 May 2025, Alstom announced the inauguration of its first service depot in Shu, Zhambyl region.

On 14 May 2025, Northrail presented in Valenciennes and Crespin the first of its TRAXX3 MS locomotives ordered.

Alstom has signed a five-year service level agreement (SLA) with Storstockholms Lokaltrafik to support and further develop the digital systems delivered by Alstom and currently in use in the Stockholm metro.

On 4 May 2025, Alstom presented, together with STA - Strutture Trasporto Alto Adige SpA - the first of 21 Coradia Stream EMUs that will make up the new regional fleet connecting South Tyrol (Italy) and Tyrol (Austria).