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Knorr-Bremse Rail Services (UK) has secured an eight-year contract from Alstom to repair and overhaul 510 sanitary systems fitted to the Class 390 trains.
On Saturday 11 October 2025, Alstom has marked a major milestone in rail history with the first-ever passenger train to depart from the Litchurch Lane Works in Derby.
Engineers have spent the last 12 months making finishing touches to the HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct including noise barriers and structural sensors, on this UK’s new longest rail bridge.
On 13 October 2025, an enormous machine being used to dig HS2’s Birmingham approach tunnels broke through, marking the completion of major tunnel excavation between London’s Old Oak Common and the West Midlands.
Govia Thameslink Railway has partnered with Siemens Mobility to update its entire fleet of 25 Class 717 Great Northern EMUs, enabling them to run in passenger service using an updated specification ETCS OBU.
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems has successfully completed a significant interim door overhaul for the c2c Class 357 Electrostar fleet.
From 1 October 2025, 2,600 Eurostar team members across all routes will wear a new uniform collection.
On 28 September 2025, engineers working for the HS2 project have reopened the M6 ahead of schedule after sliding part of a huge new viaduct across the busy motorway.
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions, has announced the acquisition of Freightliner.
In early September 2025, Alstom has successfully completed the installation and assessment body certification of the ETCS Level 1 on the Head of Series (HoS) for the IÉ Class 22000, marking a significant milestone in Ireland’s rail modernisation.
Testing at speed of ETCS OBU has been successfully completed for the train which provides the largest inter-city fleet on the ECML.
On Saturday 6 September 2025, a UK Railtours charter - The Industria Ditat - visited the 13,000 m² Alstom Transport Technology Centre as it traversed rare track across the British network on its journey between Hertfordshire and North Wales.
Alstom will be opening its Glasgow Traincare Centre to the public on Sunday 12 October to celebrate the historic depot’s 150th anniversary.
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112 m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway - part of Birmingham’s ring road this August.
In January 2025, Virgin Group announced that it planned to order “a dozen high-speed trains to challenge Eurostar’s ‘monopoly’ in the Channel Tunnel”.