Rail transport

ProRail implements long-term contracts to renovate Dutch rail infrastructure, as this approach fosters long-term partnerships, higher efficiency, and improved reliability among passengers and operators in all of the Netherlands.

Siemens Mobility began construction of a battery plant in Bavaria, and its $37m project will employ 200 people, stimulate innovation, and build on Germany’s sustainable transport by rail industry.

India will construct its initial cross-border train as part of a $454 million venture that will link Kokrajhar to Gelephu and Samtse to Banarhat to improve business, travel, and regional development that is environmentally friendly.

At the end of August 2025, a new segment of the Vestfoldbanen line opened in Norway to Drammen station, with upgraded infrastructure and enhanced conditions for passengers on a significant corridor for rail transport.

Dutch Hyperloop firm Hardt Hyperloop has completed lane-changing within a vacuum tube successfully and validates the scalability of their technology and their eventual achievement of speeds of up to 700 km/h in the next few years.

Azerbaijan Railways fast-tracked development in 2025 by upgrading their wagon and locomotive fleet and increasing the pace of priority line electrification to boost transportation capacity and expand the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor.

CRCC signed a $470 million contract for the construction of a section of the Santiago-Batuco commuter line in Chile, and therefore the project ranks as one of the biggest the country has witnessed in its railway history.

Kazakh firm Prommashkomplekt, under the umbrella of Railways Systems KZ, is gearing up for export growth and supplies of railway wheels into Europe.

MBTA recently put into service a newly redesigned commuter rail train in Boston in the familiar maroon and yellow of the old Boston and Maine Railroad, blending regional rail heritage with up-to-date operation in a bid to attract commuters today.

Malaysia just outlined aggressive plans for the Trans-Borneo Railway, a cross-border multi-billion-dollar railway initiative set to reshape ASEAN connectivity and strengthen economic links between Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia while driving further regional integration in the longer term.

In Mongolia, specialists reequipped a 2TE116 diesel locomotive as a hybrid locomotive, reducing fuel consumption by 60-70% and the amount of emissions, enhancing the effectiveness and environmental-friendliness of haulage along railways.

Plasser & Theurer gained an order from HŽ Infrastruktura, the Croatian railways company, for 9 new track machines, the €49.