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.
The Italian private operator plans to deploy a new fleet of up to 30 high-speed trains to challenge the long-distance dominance of the German state incumbent.
The 10-year contract, valued at EUR 965m in constant euros, was awarded following a tender launched in 2023.
The 79-train order includes 200-meter units capable of carrying 1,884 passengers to increase hub capacity by 20%.
The additions increase TUA’s ETR 104 fleet to nine trains.
The coaches, manufactured in the late 1980s, will operate in push-pull formations with SEPTA’s Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotives.
The train entered passenger operation as part of a EUR 55m mid-life renovation programme covering 12 trainsets, with completion scheduled by 2030.
The Czech private operator entered the Polish market in September 2025 with a trial service on the Kraków–Warsaw corridor and started full timetable implementation from 1 March 2026.
Rail passenger numbers in Germany increased in 2025, driven by growth in both local and long-distance services, according to preliminary data published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on April 8.
The selection follows a competitive bidding process involving three candidates and is the first step in the region's mandatory transition toward open-access tendering for its TER services.