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London Underground facial recognition pilot expands to selected stations, with temporary deployments and human review of alerts.

12.08.2026

BTP Expands Facial Recognition Pilot to London Underground

BART Yellow Line train approaching West Oakland station in Oakland

12.08.2026

BART’s New Schedule Cuts Longest Gaps on Two Line Pairs

Uptown platform at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station in Lower Manhattan

11.08.2026

New York Studies Thermal Network for 96°F Subway Platforms

London Underground facial recognition pilot expands to selected stations, with temporary deployments and human review of alerts.

12.08.2026

BTP Expands Facial Recognition Pilot to London Underground

UK: British Transport Police has expanded its Live Facial Recognition pilot to selected London Underground stations, extending a trial that began at London rail hubs in February and is now due to run until November.
Bangladesh Railway LHB passenger coaches crossing a bridge behind a blue locomotive

12.08.2026

Bangladesh Coaches Pair EN 15227 Design With 415 V System

BANGLADESH: A 19-coach rake built in India for Bangladesh Railway is set to be dispatched with a redesigned crashworthy car body compliant with EN 15227 and an electrical system configured for 415 V operation.
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.
Uptown platform at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station in Lower Manhattan

11.08.2026

New York Studies Thermal Network for 96°F Subway Platforms

USA: New York City and the MTA will study whether a thermal energy network can cool Lower Manhattan subway platforms where average temperatures reached 96°F in summer 2025 while storing excess heat for winter use.
Railcare MPV vacuum maintenance machine with its suction hose beside railway track in Sweden

11.08.2026

Railcare Vacuum Maintenance Set for Sweden’s 2027 Framework

SWEDEN: Railcare has signed a new framework agreement with the Swedish Transport Administration that will keep its vacuum-based railway maintenance method available for call-off construction and maintenance work from 1 February 2027.
Bavaria hydrogen trains will enter regular service in December 2026 on the 32.3-km Mühldorf–Burghausen route after testing.

11.08.2026

Bavaria’s First Hydrogen Trains Set for December Service

GERMANY: Three Siemens Mireo Plus H hydrogen trains are undergoing testing and crew training before entering regular passenger service on Südostbayernbahn’s Mühldorf–Burghausen route at the December 2026 timetable change.
£3.5m Upgrade for Four Merseyrail Tunnels

11.08.2026

Network Rail to Upgrade Four Merseyrail Tunnels for £3.5m

UK: Network Rail will waterproof and strengthen four Victorian-built Merseyrail tunnels during a 26-day closure this autumn, targeting water ingress that can disrupt the network’s third-rail electricity supply.
High-speed rail maintenance in China gets new HSG-2

10.08.2026

Vossloh-Futrifer JV Targets Grinding and Milling in Morocco

MOROCCO: Vossloh Services France and Futrifer have created a Casablanca joint venture to deliver rail maintenance covering welding, grinding, milling and switch work on national and urban networks.
Northern Class 195 train 195003 at Leeds station

10.08.2026

Northern Opens GPS Pay As You Go Trial to All Passengers

UK: Northern’s GPS-based Digital Pay As You Go trial is now open to all passengers on the Leeds–Harrogate and Sheffield–Doncaster routes after its participant cap was removed.
Class 99 Commercial Service Begins for GBRf

09.08.2026

GBRf Class 99 Begins Commercial Freight Service in UK

UK: GB Railfreight has put its first Class 99 hybrid locomotive into commercial freight operation, with 99001 running an intermodal service from London Gateway to Hams Hall in the West Midlands.
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.
Brightline train passing a level crossing in Miami, Florida.

09.08.2026

Brightline Crossing Upgrades Cover 327 Florida Crossings

USA: Brightline Florida is upgrading 327 highway-rail crossings along 195 miles between Miami and Cocoa, combining fencing, pavement markings, dynamic envelopes and other measures under a $25 million safety program.