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Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe at the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail groundbreaking ceremony

31.08.2026

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Cost Doubles

JR Kyushu 800 Series Shinkansen entering Kumamoto Station

31.08.2026

Kyushu Shinkansen Reopening Planned for September 18

Airport Rail Link train at Phaya Thai Station in Bangkok

28.08.2026

Airport Rail Link operations await September decision

Eurostar e320 train at London St Pancras International

13.08.2026

Eurostar’s Antwerp Stop Will Be One-Way from London

UK–BELGIUM: Eurostar will add Antwerp-Centraal to selected London–Amsterdam trains from 14 December, creating four direct London-to-Antwerp journeys a day while passengers heading to London must still change in Brussels.
California high-speed rail signs consortium deal

12.08.2026

California High-Speed Rail Faces December 2027 Funding Risk

USA: California’s high-speed rail project could exhaust the cash needed to stay on its planned Merced–Bakersfield construction schedule by December 2027 unless financing is secured, according to the project’s inspector general.
Green high-speed train travelling through a snowy landscape in an Alto project visual

12.08.2026

ALTO’s 24 Million Ridership Target Faces Methodology Test

CANADA: ALTO’s preliminary target of up to 24 million annual passengers by 2055 is facing a methodology challenge after Coalition for Better Rail advanced much lower alternative ridership estimates.
Jodhpur-Delhi Vande Bharat Set for 20 Coaches

12.08.2026

India’s Second Vande Bharat Sleeper Was Announced — but a Different Train Entered Service

INDIA: A July service widely billed before launch as India’s second Vande Bharat Sleeper entered operation as a mixed-class express, while official records still listed only Howrah–Kamakhya as the sleeper network.
Blue-and-white Vande Bharat Express trainset beside an electrified railway track.

12.08.2026

Vande Bharat Starts Ghat Trials for Bengaluru–Mangaluru

INDIA: A specially modified 20-car Vande Bharat fitted with Automatic Emergency Braking has begun trials on the Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road ghat, a key step toward the proposed Bengaluru–Mangaluru service.
Steffen Bilger had to leave an ICE railcar after its air-conditioning failed on a Berlin–Hamburg trip focused on railway issues.

11.08.2026

German Transport Minister Hits ICE Air-Con Failure

GERMANY: Transport Minister Steffen Bilger had to move to another railcar after the air-conditioning failed in second class on an ICE from Berlin to Hamburg during his first rail-focused official trip.
White-and-blue Vande Bharat Express train at a station platform

10.08.2026

Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat to Change Route Aug 17

INDIA: The Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat Express is scheduled to move to the Gandhigram–Botad corridor on August 17, adding a permanent stop at Chital in Amreli district.
High-speed rail link between Britain and Germany: plans by Eurostar and DB

09.08.2026

Rail beats flying by up to 140 minutes on 10 routes

INTERNATIONAL: Omio’s comparison of 25 European city pairs found rail faster than flying on 10 routes once airport transfers, security and other door-to-door steps are included.
Renfe Class 103 train on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line near Guadalajara

09.08.2026

Adif GSM-R Upgrade Tender Covers Spain’s High-Speed Rail

SPAIN: The Adif GSM-R upgrade tender, worth almost EUR 175. 5 million, covers maintenance, operation and technological renewal of communications systems across major sections of Spain’s high-speed railway network.
Mumbai Central–Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express at a railway platform, shown as an illustrative image

09.08.2026

NHSRCL Signs Bullet Train Maintenance Machinery Contract

INDIA: NHSRCL has signed a contract with the KCS-AVADH Consortium for specialized rolling stock maintenance machinery for the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project as its depot infrastructure develops.
Trenitalia Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed train at Paris Gare de Lyon

09.08.2026

Trenitalia’s 19-Train Order Backs Paris–London 2029

FRANCE–UK: FS Group has ordered 19 Hitachi high-speed trains in an approximately €2 billion programme that will support Trenitalia France’s planned Paris–London service, which the company says will launch in 2029.
Vande Bharat sleeper train hits 180 km/h in trials

09.08.2026

Vadodara Bullet Train Station Advances Above Rail Lines

INDIA: Vadodara bullet train station has completed slab casting at its concourse, platform and track levels as steel structural work advances above the existing railway complex.