The first Zagreb–Split hybrid train built by Končar entered passenger service on 15 September 2026, beginning a six-unit rollout to replace tilting trains used on the route since 2004.
In the United Kingdom, the EMR strike suspension has cleared the planned 16–17 September walkout, while Intercity services remain at 92% of the full planned timetable.
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 the United Kingdom, VTG signed an agreement for the VTG Rail UK sale to USS, a transaction covering roughly 4,500 freight vehicles and expected to close in Q4 2026.
In Britain, cross-operator ticket acceptance will expand on 20 September as Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry and Great Western Railway join the DfT scheme.
France has now opened a BEA-TT technical investigation into the Cléon derailment, separate from the judicial inquiry already under way at the Rouen public prosecutor's office.
Bulgarian State Railways began regular operation with its first two Coradia Stream EMUs on 1 September 2026, after 12 of the 35 ordered units had reached Bulgaria.
London Northwestern Railway will create its direct Birmingham to Manchester Airport service by extending a service it already runs. The existing Crewe–Stoke–Stafford service will be extended at both ends. The change comes in two stages, and the first arrives in December 2026.
Engineers have moved the first steel span of the new Saltley Viaduct into position over the Birmingham to Derby railway in east Birmingham, completing the opening phase of a four-stage replacement of a road bridge that stands in the path of the future high-speed line.
Brotherton Bridge repairs will affect rail passengers in Yorkshire over the August bank holiday weekend as Network Rail carries out bridge work and track replacement near Knottingley.
Kilmarnock track upgrades will suspend ScotRail services between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, Dumfries and Carlisle, along with services between Kilmarnock and Ayr and Stranraer, while Network Rail carries out £13.5 million of work to modernise the track layout at the station.
Central line cable theft near Theydon Bois disrupted London Underground services between Epping and Loughton, affecting thousands of passengers after trackside equipment was damaged overnight.
