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New Boa light metro trains enter service in Lille
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (465+ words) The first five Boa metro trains, equipped with rubber tyres and manufactured by Alstom, have begun passenger service on Line 1 in Lille, as part of a long-term programme to modernise the line. The 52-metre-long trains will enter service throughout the…...
Turkey’s high-speed train enters testing
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (377+ words) Production of Turkey's high-speed train has been completed, and "the testing process will begin this week," announced the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uralo'lu. The train is manufactured by T'rasa, Turkey's main railway producer, operating under the Ministry of…...
Lille metro new 52-meter trains on line 1
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (349+ words) The Lille metro network has entered a new phase of modernization with the introduction of 52-meter trains on line 1, the busiest in the system. The measure is part of a broader capacity expansion program designed to respond to the continuous…...
An ICE 4 train, named “Stiria,” will run between Graz and Germany
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (420+ words) An ICE 4 high-speed train was named "Steiermark," the German name for the Austrian state of Styria, at an event organized at Graz Central Station by Deutsche Bahn, "BB, and the regional tourism promotion organization Steiermark Tourismus. The train will bear…...
Record punctuality for Czech trains
3+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) The Czech railway operator, "esk" dr'hy ("D), recorded the best train punctuality in the last ten years and transported over 168 million passengers in 2025. Despite extensive infrastructure maintenance work, "esk" dr'hy achieved its highest train punctuality since 2016. Punctuality increased by 0.6 percentage points…...
USD 8 billion in the Abu Dhabi–Dubai high-speed line
3+ week, 2+ day ago (492+ words) Etihad Rail has awarded design and construction contracts worth over 8 billion USD for the first high-speed rail line in the United Arab Emirates, which will connect Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The project marks a major step in the development of…...
DB begins modernization of two railway corridors
3+ week, 3+ day ago (500+ words) On February 6, DB InfraGO launched modernization work on two railway corridors, one located in Bavaria and the other in Bergisches Land. One of the two railway corridors is the 88 km N'rnberg-Regensburg corridor, for which work began in Neumarkt (Oberpfalz) on…...
Talgo to deliver 20 high-speed trains to Saudi Arabia
3+ week, 3+ day ago (421+ words) Talgo has secured a major new contract in Saudi Arabia for the design, manufacture, and maintenance of 20 high-speed trains for the railway line connecting Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah. The contract is worth EUR 1.332 billion, bringing the Spanish manufacturer's total order…...
The Canadian city of Edmonton purchases 32 light rail vehicles
3+ week, 4+ day ago (384+ words) Hyundai Rotem has won a contract to deliver 32 high-floor light rail vehicles to the Canadian city of Edmonton. The contract is worth USD 220 million and involves the design and production of the new vehicles, with production expected to begin later…...
Germany invests in the expansion of rail infrastructure
3+ week, 6+ day ago (533+ words) Federal Minister for Transport Patrick Schnieder, together with Philipp Nagl, CEO of DB InfraGO, announced the signing of financing agreements worth a total of EUR 2.5 billion for the modernisation and expansion of rail infrastructure. The signing ceremony took place in…...