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ÖBB is upgrading signalling and activating an overtaking station on Tyrol’s Lower Inn Valley line to allow more passenger and freight trains to use the corridor.
EUROFIMA has released a second €4.5 million tranche to finance 18 second-hand intercity coaches for Bulgarian national passenger operator BDZ.
Germany’s draft 2027 budget would cut track access aid by €65 million and reduce support for single-wagonload transport, drawing criticism from freight wagon association VPI.
Alstom has secured a two-year contract to maintain SJ night trains linking Stockholm with northern Sweden and Norway.
DB InfraGO will reopen the Hagen–Cologne and Hamburg–Hannover routes on 10 July, but the Nuremberg–Regensburg line will remain closed for further signalling safety checks.
Rail timber loading has resumed at the Falkenhagen intermodal terminal in Germany after a break of around ten years, with further block trains already planned.
Hitachi Rail has completed its acquisition of US-based Clever Devices, expanding its digital portfolio beyond rail into wider public transport systems.
Deutsche Bahn has revised the Stuttgart 21 commissioning schedule after an internal audit identified serious failures in planning and project control. The new main station is now expected to open in December 2031.
Final assembly of 11 Stadler FLIRT InterCity units for GYSEV is under way in Poland, with testing to begin in August and passenger service planned from 2027.
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group is transporting industrial residues between Sweden and Germany for Befesa, using return loads to reduce empty movements.
Vossloh has secured two contracts worth around €60 million to supply rail fastening systems for new high-speed lines in China’s Shandong Province.
PSP Cargo Group Romania says simultaneous railway reconstruction projects are complicating schedules and route planning, increasing pressure on freight reliability.
Leo Express has launched an overnight train between Frankfurt, Prague and Bohumín, while the planned continuation to Przemyśl is temporarily operated by bus.
PJ Monitoring has opened a digital production facility in Graz to increase output of its WaggonTracker system for freight wagons.
The UAE has begun the introductory phase of its national passenger rail service between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, ahead of a wider network launch in September 2026.
Daily passenger trains between Oulu, Tornio and Haparanda will begin operating on 10 August 2026, creating a new cross-border connection between Finland and Sweden.
Britta Weber has taken over as CEO of the Hupac Group, with a focus on customers, terminal capacity and restoring rail’s share of transalpine freight.
Brabrand is the third new workshop DSB has built for its shift from diesel to electric operation.
Alstom has broken ground on a new manufacturing site in Matosinhos that will support its contract to supply 153 commuter and regional trains to CP.
Europe’s rail sector has entered the laboratory integration phase for FRMCS, the 5G-based communication system intended to replace GSM-R, with field trials planned from 2027.
UNIFE is urging Ireland to use its EU Council presidency to seek at least €100 billion for the Connecting Europe Facility in the EU’s 2028–2034 budget.
A nationwide failure of Germany’s GSM-R railway radio system brought passenger and freight services to a standstill late on 23 June, before operations gradually resumed after midnight.
ÖBB and Austria’s Interior Ministry have renewed their rail security partnership, expanding joint patrols, targeted police operations and staff training.
Estonia’s railway infrastructure manager Eesti Raudtee and passenger operator Elron have tested procedures for stopping trains and protecting passengers during a simulated drone threat.
DB Cargo has agreed its restructuring plan with employee representatives, confirming that around 6,200 of its 14,000 positions in Germany are to be eliminated by 2030.
Siemens Mobility has secured a full-service contract covering 61 Mireo Plus B battery trains in Germany for a period of up to 30 years.
Stadler and ARST have presented the world’s first hydrogen-powered train designed specifically for narrow-gauge lines, with passenger service in Sardinia planned from 2028.
A train driver has died and around 100 people were injured after two East Midlands Railway services collided near Bedford on Friday evening.
Poland has presented its first comprehensive long-term railway development plan, covering 4,700 kilometres of new lines and 19 strategic corridors.
DB InfraGO will begin the Lehrte–Berlin corridor renewal on 2 October 2026, with long-distance trains between Berlin and Hannover facing longer journey times.
Austria’s new ÖBB framework plan for 2027–2032 foresees €19.5 billion in rail infrastructure investment, while several projects have been rescheduled.
EVG has warned that Italo’s planned entry into Germany’s long-distance rail market could weaken ICE and IC services in several cities outside the main corridors.
Hitachi Rail and PESA Bydgoszcz have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering high-speed trains, double-deck vehicles and technology transfer in Poland.
SBB, SNCF Voyageurs and SNCB plan to test a direct Basel–Strasbourg–Brussels TGV INOUI service from July 2027.
Stadler and SBB have presented the final livery of the EURO DuFour locomotives for SBB Cargo Switzerland, with the first units planned for commissioning in 2027.
David Vaquero has been appointed Country Manager for Lenord+Bauer in Spain as the company opens a new subsidiary on the Iberian Peninsula.
ZSSK has presented its first modernised sleeping coach at Rail Business Days in Ostrava, with initial deployment planned during 2026.
ÖBB has completed the second new railway bridge over the Salzach in Eschenau after a successful 250-tonne load test with three locomotives.
PESA’s new electric multiple unit for RegioJet has reached 200 km/h during testing at the VUZ Velim test centre in Czechia.
EU transport ministers have called on the European Commission to prepare a dedicated strategy for Europe’s rail supply industry, with public procurement reform also in focus.
DB Regio is expanding safety measures in regional transport, including bodycams, protective vests, new staffing concepts and possible AI-supported monitoring.
Port Polska.KDP will procure and lease trains for Poland’s future high-speed, airport and regional express services, with tenders planned later this year.
Laude Smart Intermodal sees Türkiye and the Middle Corridor as increasingly important for rail freight between Europe, Ukraine and Central Asia.
Josef Köcher has taken over as CEO of Stadler’s Berlin-Pankow site, bringing more than 20 years of management experience from aerospace and international industry.
Forwardis is reshaping single wagon logistics in Europe with the launch of ForwardNet, an alternative network designed to make wagonload transport more reliable, transparent and easier to manage.
The service will run daily in both directions, according to ADY and Azerbaijani media reports citing the operator.
DB InfraGO will reopen the Hamburg–Berlin corridor on 14 June after completing major renewal works on one of Germany’s busiest intercity routes.
European combined transport declined by 4.9% in the first quarter of 2026, with UIRR pointing to rail infrastructure disruptions and weak economic demand.
ÖBB says Deutsche Bahn works near Regensburg will affect Austrian long-distance, regional and freight traffic from June to December 2026.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel has carried 276,000 freight trains and 169,000 passenger trains since opening, strengthening Switzerland’s north–south rail axis.