JR East has scheduled a trial of mobile trash bin robots in Shinjuku Station's ticket-gate concourse until November 20 to test whether roaming bins can make station cleaning more efficient.
Alstom’s AI research program with three Quebec universities will test manufacturing tools at its La Pocatière plant, which on 3 September was assigned carbody work for VIA Rail’s 313-car order.
InnoTrans 2026 will host more than 3,100 exhibitors, up from 172 in 1996, as director Kerstin Schulz forecasts growing importance for autonomous public transport in coming years.
The MTA has issued the final Second Avenue Subway contract RFQ, covering a systems package that will bring CBTC signaling to the existing Phase 1 section.
In Austria, an ÖBB Digital Automatic Coupling demonstration took place under operating conditions at Vienna’s Floridsdorf freight yard on 11 September, ahead of commercial PioDAC operations in 2027/28.
In India, the Vande Bharat Freight EMU completed part-loaded trial runs between Ahmedabad and Mumbai Central on 12–13 September, reaching up to 130 km/h under RDSO supervision.
Siemens Mobility has begun trial operation of a software-defined interlocking in the tram tunnel beneath Rostock Central Station, the first use of its Signaling X platform in German urban transport. The pilot is being conducted with Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (RSAG). It covers the section carrying tram lines 2, 3, 5 and 6.
USA: OmniTRAX Rail Safety Technology now provides round-the-clock monitoring for train movements, broken rails and track temperatures on the Panhandle Northern Railroad in Texas.
USA — The FRA restricted-speed advisory warns railroads that positive train control cannot replace crew judgment when trains operate under restricted-speed rules across the national rail network.
USA: Sounder train cancellations disrupted the morning commute in the Seattle area after connectivity problems affected a federally required railroad safety system used by Sound Transit services.
The Kalamaria extension has opened for passenger service on the Thessaloniki Metro, extending Greece’s first fully automated, driverless metro network to additional parts of the city.
The first of the Madrid Metro Line 6 driverless trains has entered night-time testing on the capital’s network, beginning the next stage of preparations to convert the circular route to automated operation. The trains are planned to enter passenger service in 2027.
