EBRD weighs up to €30m for Montenegro sleeping cars after EMU loan
Montenegro's passenger rail operator may get an EBRD loan for up to ten sleeping cars, worth up to €30 million and matching the ceiling of its 2024 electric train loan.
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SPMTs set a Budapest rail bridge span in one weekend without road piles
Mammoet's self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) carried the 2,200-tonne south span of Budapest's new Közvágóhíd railway bridge into place, limiting the Soroksári út closure to a single weekend.
Lisbon student team wins five awards on its Railway Challenge debut
ISTrain, a student team from Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico, won five awards at the IMechE Railway Challenge 2026, including best Entry Level team, in its first year of taking part.
Rail suppliers warn €1.2bn EU research partnership has no successor yet
Europe's rail supply industry is pressing for a successor to the EU rail research partnership, Europe's Rail, whose €1.2bn programme has no confirmed follow-up in the 2028–2034 EU budget.
Rail Cargo Group says it takes on important part of Rijeka haulage
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is adding 200 double-deck car transport wagons designed for electric vehicles, with 70 already delivered and the remaining 130 planned for 2027.
InnoTrans 2026 drew 8% more exhibitors and nearly 4% more visitors than in 2024
InnoTrans 2026 drew 3,190 exhibitors and 175,591 trade visitors to Berlin, 8% and 4% more than in 2024, while visitor countries held steady at 128.
Medway’s first French service passes 300 trains to ArcelorMittal Dunkirk
Medway has passed the mark of 300 trains for ArcelorMittal Dunkirk since December 2025, carrying about 650,000 tonnes of lime and limestone from Pas-de-Calais quarries in the first ten months.
HS2 finishes Westbury viaduct, built with a design it says cuts carbon 39–59%
The 320-metre HS2 Westbury viaduct over a River Great Ouse floodplain near Brackley is complete, and contractor EKFB says it is the first of five double composite viaducts finished.
Chalfont & Latimer trespass hits Chiltern and Metropolitan line trains
Trespass at Chalfont & Latimer on Saturday 3 October disrupted Chiltern Railways trains between Amersham and London Marylebone and halted Metropolitan line services north of Rickmansworth.
Swiss mountain railway orders two hybrid rack locomotives from Stadler
Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera (MVR) has ordered two hybrid rack-and-pinion locomotives from Stadler to maintain the steep Montreux–Rochers-de-Naye mountain railway, with both machines due to enter service in 2029.
Stadler delivers 60th and final RABe 512 to SBB ahead of end-2026 target
Stadler has handed SBB the last of 60 RABe 512 double-deck trains, closing an April 2021 order of about CHF 1.3 billion ahead of SBB's end-2026 delivery plan.
SJ taps Icomera to take satellite Wi-Fi from a one-train pilot to 20 trains
Sweden's SJ has chosen Icomera to fit satellite Wi-Fi on all 20 SJ 3000 trains after testing it on one train, with installation due in the second half of 2026.
