Siemens Mobility has signed a Vietnam high-speed rail contract worth up to €1 billion with VinSpeed to supply 10 Velaro Novo trains for two lines that held groundbreaking ceremonies earlier.
Direct Rail Services has brought nine Network Rail-funded ETCS training simulators into use at its Carlisle office, giving its freight drivers a controlled setting to learn in-cab digital signalling.
Luxembourg-based lessor Nexrail has ordered 20 more DE18 Smart Hybrid locomotives from Vossloh Rolling Stock for delivery in 2027, taking its fleet of the hybrid type to 50.
FRANCE/BELGIUM/UK: Eurostar has put its first ERTMS-equipped e300 train into commercial service, beginning a technically complex retrofit intended to keep its 1990s-era trainsets compliant during the transition to the Celestia fleet from 2031.
ROMANIA: Romania’s 16 new Alstom Traxx Passenger locomotives face a risk of being unable to enter regular passenger service because of a reported incompatibility between their onboard ETCS configuration and parts of the CFR network.
GREECE: Hellenic Train is moving new electric and hybrid passenger trains through certification and dynamic testing as Coradia Stream and Blues Intercity units prepare for future commercial operation.
INDIA: Indian Railways is developing the Bharat Train Control System, a signalling protocol intended to be open-source, equip future bullet-train corridors and reduce reliance on foreign train-control standards.
SLOVAKIA: ZSSK has launched an ETCS tender to equip 10 Class 757 diesel locomotives with Level 2 Baseline 4 technology, extending modern train protection to non-electrified passenger routes.
Alpha Trains fleet upgrades, ETCS installations and overhauls will gain reserved long-term workshop capacity in Aachen under a new strategic agreement with German specialist Talbot Services.
Romania’s CFR has signed a contract with the Alstom-led TrackWorks consortium to modernise 44 km between Filiași and Igiroasa for faster passenger and freight operations.
LNER has completed the first live Azuma operation under ETCS Level 2 supervision on the East Coast Main Line, moving its digital-signalling programme from test-track validation to main-line trials.
The Terfener Tunnel passing station will allow passenger trains to overtake freight services inside the tunnel as ÖBB upgrades the Kundl–Baumkirchen line to increase capacity across the Lower Inn Valley.
