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Cologne court strikes down capacity clause set up after Italo’s complaint

October 10, 2026

Cologne court strikes down capacity clause set up after Italo’s complaint

October 10, 2026 China’s 2026 new railway passes 1,500 km as four high-speed lines open
October 10, 2026 Harlem subway tunnel could be ready by early 2030, but trains have no date
October 10, 2026 Sound Transit seeks $70.2M Lynnwood Link closeout cap, up from $30M
October 10, 2026 $31M Pittsfield plan targets a permanent summer Berkshire Flyer
October 10, 2026 Alstom’s Pittsburgh hub follows a model that won partners in Asia and Europe
October 10, 2026 Mathieu Paquette gets five-year VIA Rail term with a third of trains on time

Regional Coverage

United States

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Cascadia high-speed rail plan due in 2028 will not pick a route or stations

October 9, 2026

Cascadia high-speed rail plan due in 2028 will not pick a route or stations

October 9, 2026 FRA chief tours Mississippi Export Railroad in business cars loaned by CN
October 9, 2026 IBEW joins six rail unions opposing Union Pacific’s Norfolk Southern deal
October 9, 2026 California high-speed rail hits 66 structures with track team on board
October 7, 2026 Alstom puts US work on show at APTA EXPO with 16 of 28 new Acelas accepted

Canada

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CN moves 7.94 million tonnes of Western Canadian grain in Q3, beating 2020

October 7, 2026

CN moves 7.94 million tonnes of Western Canadian grain in Q3, beating 2020

October 7, 2026 CN sets October 30 for Q3 report, its first since raising 2026 guidance
October 6, 2026 TTC follows its 2025 bus survey with a Line 5 and Line 6 rider poll
October 3, 2026 Budget officer sees Alto high-speed rail at C$75bn–C$113bn, with overruns likelier
October 1, 2026 Alstom opens Indigenous supplier portal after C$7bn orders in Canada

UK & Europe

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Common Lane bridge swap at Church Fenton comes a year early for overhead wires

October 10, 2026

Common Lane bridge swap at Church Fenton comes a year early for overhead wires

October 10, 2026 How Vossloh milled Deutsche Bahn’s only narrow-gauge line at night in 2023
October 10, 2026 Deltic 55009 will return to the Severn Valley Railway on 29 December
October 9, 2026 CargoBeamer adds five weekly roundtrips across three intermodal routes
October 9, 2026 New Stadler Flirts enter service in Lithuania on 22 October, Klaipėda next

Asia-Pacific

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Queensland Rail to pay up to A$280 per container, halving in year two

October 10, 2026

Queensland Rail to pay up to A$280 per container, halving in year two

October 10, 2026 Seven INKA trains return to Jakarta commuter service after safety checks
October 7, 2026 ARTC upgrade gives NSW trains out-of-authority alarms, even on paper orders
October 7, 2026 Chennai Metro picks Capacit’e for Thirumangalam property development work
October 7, 2026 Australind returns to twice-daily trains, with doubling planned for 2027

Middle East & Africa

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Etihad Rail adds six weekend trains days after Abu Dhabi–Dubai launch

October 7, 2026

Etihad Rail adds six weekend trains days after Abu Dhabi–Dubai launch

October 4, 2026 Gauteng plans 32 Gautrain trains instead of 24 under 15-year concession
September 29, 2026 Riyadh Metro, past 200m journeys, gets €460m of new Alstom trains
September 29, 2026 Parallel Systems and Agility map out autonomous freight rail for the Gulf
September 25, 2026 Hitachi Rail to revamp Hajj metro that its Thales unit equipped

Railway exhibitions

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South entrance of the Berlin Exhibition Grounds with the InnoTrans sign

04.10.2026

InnoTrans 2026 drew 8% more exhibitors and nearly 4% more visitors than in 2024

Administration-Clock Tower Building at Pullman National Historical Park

25.06.2026

Pullman Railroad Days 2026 Set for Chicago Rail Event

33% of Floor Space Gone: Why Global Rail Giants Are Rushing to Singapore 18 Months Early

28.04.2026

33% of Floor Space Gone: Why Global Rail Giants Are Rushing to Singapore 18 Months Early

Get a discount on tickets to InnoTrans 2026!

23.04.2026

Get a discount on tickets to InnoTrans 2026!

Railway Industry Sectors

Passenger Rail

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October 9, 2026 Four-car Class 350s start replacing Northern’s Class 323s in 2028
October 9, 2026 Virgin’s 2030 cross-Channel plan now has Alstom fleet and depot deals
October 7, 2026 Second daily Pennsylvanian starts November 18 on New York–Pittsburgh route
October 7, 2026 Two West Highland Line stations face nine days without trains or buses

Rail Infrastructure

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October 7, 2026 Latvia says its Rail Baltica main line cannot be built by 2030
October 7, 2026 HS2 joins both halves of Wendover green tunnel, with portals and road next
October 7, 2026 Florida puts incident-prone rail crossings first under $356 million grant
October 7, 2026 Network Rail completes £7.1m East Coast Main Line upgrade north of Newcastle

Rail Freight

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October 6, 2026 Trinity and Greenbrier vow to fight duty bid on Mexican-built tank cars
October 6, 2026 JAXPORT renews Talleyrand rail lease with Watco unit for up to 10 years
October 4, 2026 DM&E engineers would get a 41.42% raise in tentative five-year CPKC deal
October 4, 2026 Rail Cargo Group says it takes on important part of Rijeka haulage

Railway Technology

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October 6, 2026 Hitachi Rail to equip 87 Copenhagen S-Bane stations for driverless trains
October 4, 2026 Lisbon student team wins five awards on its Railway Challenge debut
October 4, 2026 Rail suppliers warn €1.2bn EU research partnership has no successor yet
October 3, 2026 Swiss mountain railway orders two hybrid rack locomotives from Stadler