The service will run daily in both directions, according to ADY and Azerbaijani media reports citing the operator.
From 31 May, publicly owned operators carry around 80% of passenger journeys that GBR is expected to oversee.
The planned procurement will cover inter-voivodeship and international passenger connections in Poland after 2030, not the purchase of rolling stock or infrastructure works.
RDC Germany will take over the Berlin–Hamburg–Stockholm EuroNight service from 1 September 2026.
The level crossing accident in Buggenhout has claimed at least four lives, including two children.
Rail traffic on line 354 between Poznań and Piła was suspended on 25 May following a collision between a passenger train and a heavy goods vehicle near Rogoźno Wielkopolskie. One person died and more than a dozen were injured in the incident.
The trainset is the first of eight planned for the Seattle–Portland–Vancouver route and part of a nationwide order for 83 Airo trainsets.
The Adriatic Express will again connect Poland and Czechia with the Adriatic coast in summer 2026, adding a direct coach to Koper alongside Rijeka.
Forecasts indicate around 30,000 passengers per day on the Warsaw–airport–Łódź corridor by 2035.
The package, presented on 14 May, targets regional, long-distance and cross-border rail travel within the EU.
The agreement starts on 12 December 2027 and runs for nine years.
The regional authority has committed EUR 2.5bn for 146 new trainsets, with entry into passenger service scheduled for late 2028.
DSB, Vy and Deutsche Bahn plan to launch a direct train linking Oslo, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Berlin from summer 2028.
The decision allows the Class 99 to operate across Britain’s mainline network, with commercial service planned for this summer.
Région Grand Est has introduced new rolling stock on two cross-border corridors to Luxembourg and Germany.
ÖBB has presented its new Cityjet double-deck train, with the first units set to enter passenger service in eastern Austria from late June.
Cairo Monorail has started carrying passengers with Alstom Innovia trains assembled and tested at Derby’s Litchurch Lane Works.
Less than a week after celebrating the launch of its Talgo S6 trainsets on routes to Bratislava and Prešov, Leo Express has been forced to scale back operations due to technical failures and a shortage of available units.
The operator increased its timetable to 531 trains in the 2025/2026 off-season and 559 in summer, adding 60 and 45 services respectively compared with the previous year.
České dráhy will resume direct trains from Prague to Hamburg and Copenhagen from 1 May, initially via a diversion route due to works in Germany.