The growth in high-speed rail follows the liberalization of the market and increased competition across major corridors.
Travel time between Lisbon and Porto is forecast to reach 1 h 15 min once the full line is open, with an estimated annual ridership approaching 10 million passengers.
HS2 plans to display the concept interior of its Class 895 high-speed train for the first time, as part of the ‘Railway 200’ anniversary event hosted at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane Works from 1 to 3 August 2025. The site will be opened to the public for the first time in nearly five decades.
Following bogie component inspection, Renfe had to reorganize Madrid–Barcelona route of its low-cost branch.
CPK has submitted applications for location decisions covering the first four of twelve sections of HSR line between Warsaw and Łódź. Further applications are currently being prepared.
A new perception survey across the EU reveals high support for improving rail infrastructure between member states, with a clear preference for high-speed rail over air travel for short and medium distances.
The company plans to introduce additional train services on key routes connecting Paris with Bordeaux, Nantes, Angers, and Rennes.
This record was set on the Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle line, which opened in 2015 and is designed for high speeds.
More than 280 test runs at speeds of up to 250 km/h have been completed on Austria’s new Koralmbahn high-speed line between Graz and Klagenfurt.
The segment between Kırıkkale (Delice) and Çorum is the first stage of what the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure describes as the country’s first northbound high-speed passenger rail project originating from Ankara.
The route will be operated by Frecciarossa trains with four daily return trips and intermediate stops at Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV, and Aix-en-Provence TGV.
The company reported €154.3 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2025, with EBITDA reaching €13.6 million.
From December 2026, direct Frecciarossa trains will link Munich with Milan and Rome, using Trenitalia’s ETR1000 units adapted for German and Austrian networks.
Under the agreement, Uber will integrate ticketing for the service into its app, while the rail operation will remain fully under Gemini Trains’ management.
A new high-speed parcel transport service between Paris and Lyon is now operational, moving Amazon packages aboard TGV passenger trains.
Centralny Port KomunikACYJny has awarded a contract to a consortium led by PORR for the new High-Speed Rail tunnel in Łódź.
The infrastructure has been developed to mitigate micro-pressure waves caused by high-speed trains entering tunnels at speeds of up to 322 km/h.
The new SCI study shows that Europe is currently a place where different transport companies are competing a lot. New systems are driving growth, and high-speed rail transport continues to accelerate.
If approved, the services would run alongside existing operations of the national operator.
The trains are scheduled to enter service on the Vienna-Graz-Klagenfurt-Villach route in March 2026.