4+ day, 58+ min ago   (498+ words) POLAND: PKP Intercity has exercised the option for 32 additional Griffin 200 multi-system electric locomotives from Newag, increasing the number covered by its January 2024 contract from 63 to 95. Together with 15 Griffin 200s ordered previously, PKP Intercity will eventually operate 110 of the locomotives. The additional…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (499+ words) BULGARIA: State-owned operator BDZ has put its first Alstom Coradia Stream EMUs into regular passenger service, less than three weeks after introducing its new Škoda RegioPanter fleet. The twin launches follow a race to meet the EU Recovery & Resilience Facility’s…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (757+ words) EUROPE: Trenitalia’s Hitachi Rail-built Frecciarossa 1000 trainsets are undergoing an extensive authorisation programme in Germany and Austria ahead of the planned launch of direct services from Italy to München in summer 2027. The testing is being carried out in co-operation with Deutsche…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (187+ words) SPAIN: Infrastructure manager Adif has awarded Indra a contract to support and maintain equipment at its high speed line control centres for a further four years. This includes the Da Vinci integrated train and infrastructure management system which was developed…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (455+ words) NETHERLANDS: Den Haag transport operator HTM has displayed its first Stadler TINA tram to the public ahead of entry into service on Route 2. The order for 62 trams is the largest to be placed for Stadler’s TINA family, and was the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (435+ words) SPAIN: Renfe and its suppliers are making progress in the complex task of renewing the rolling stock used across a slew of the country’s narrow gauge railways, most of which formed part of the former FEVE business that was amalgamated…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) GERMANY: CAF has demonstrated a battery-only range of 273 km with its Class 557 BEMU. The manufacturer hopes that this will enable the production fleet to run further than they will typically need to without overhead power on the Niederrhein-Münsterland network. Alongside…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (303+ words) UK: ScotRail Trains has issued an Invitation to Negotiate to five bidders seeking to supply rolling stock to renew the Scottish government-owned operator’s suburban rolling stock fleet. Announcing the next step in the fleet procurement on August 31, the operator confirmed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) ISRAEL: The prequalification process for the US$10bn Infra 2 railway systems and rolling stock contract for the US$60bn Tel Aviv Metro programme has been launched by government-owned project promoter NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System. The planned network comprises three entirely underground…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (404+ words) SPAIN: The first five of 79 Series 453 partly double-deck electric multiple-units being supplied by Stadler València for use on Madrid suburban routes entered service on August 24. It is expected that 17 EMUs will be in service by the end of the year....