Two of the eight Amtrak Cascades Airo trainsets on order will start carrying passengers on 30 September, covering four daily trips on the corridor from Vancouver, B.C., to Eugene, Oregon.
APTA pressed Congress on September 16 to restore guaranteed transit and passenger rail funding after a stopgap law cut three rail grant programs from $9.0 billion to $202 million.
Amtrak Cascades Airo trains will enter passenger service on 30 September, taking over two of four daily Seattle–Vancouver, B.C. trains and two of four Portland–Eugene trains.
Chiltern Railways public ownership starts on 20 September, while 25 extra weekday services and almost 10,000 additional weekday seats follow with the December 2026 timetable.
The Pinamar rail service remains out of operation after Trenes Argentinos suspended the 96 km branch in April 2025 because of deteriorated track and bridge infrastructure.
The first Zagreb–Split hybrid train built by Končar entered passenger service on 15 September 2026, beginning a six-unit rollout to replace tilting trains used on the route since 2004.
SJ will continue running the Stockholm–Duved night train under a new Trafikverket contract covering service from 13 December 2026 to 13 June 2027, with options to 2031.
The UP-NS merger faces a denial request from the Rail Passengers Association after its review found projected freight increases on 42 of 53 Amtrak route pairings.
The Portal North Bridge cutover will shift the second and final track onto the new span, with NJ Transit on adjusted schedules for about five weeks from October 11.
Alstom is testing early layouts of the Tūhono battery-electric trains with Wellington-region drivers and community groups, ahead of delivery of the first of 18 units in mid-2028.
A new eight-year Amtrak-CN operating agreement has ended a Surface Transportation Board (STB) case that Amtrak opened in 2013 over the terms for its trains on CN's US lines.
BART greenhouse gas emissions fell 69% from 2015 to 2025 even as the Bay Area system opened five stations and increased annual train miles by about 11%.
