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EUROPE: The European Network of Infrastructure Managers was formally launched at InnoTrans on September 23. ENIM said it will ‘co-ordinate the planning, management, and optimal use of rail infrastructure capacity, enabling reliable cross-border rail services and the effective implementation of the Capacity Regulation’…
EUROPE: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen opened the Connecting Europe Days 2026 in Brussels with a call for structural integration, declaring that 'maintaining what we have is not enough. It is time to build a true Transport Union.' Recalling the post-World War II reconstruction of a railway bridge b…
FINLAND: Helsinki City Council has voted in favour of the Crown Bridges light rail line connecting Laajasalo with Hakaniemi being extended by a further 5 km through the city to Jätkäsaari. The cost is estimated at €48m. The three vehicle-free Crown Bridges are still under construction at a cost of €326m with a view to…
This week’s global railway supply chain news from Railway Gazette International . At InnoTrans, IT services provider FPT and German railway software company Zedas signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate by combining Zedas’s expertise in rail asset and maintenance management, infrastructure, and logistics w…
USA: Amtrak’s first two Airo push-pull trainsets entered passenger services on the Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest on September 30. The new trainsets supplied by Siemens Mobility are scheduled to operate four daily services between Vancouver in Canada, Seattle, Portland and Eugene. ‘After extensive planning, d…
SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Provincial Government has awarded the Sihamba Sonke Mobility consortium the next contract to operate, maintain and refurbish the 80 km Gautrain passenger rail network connecting Pretoria, Johannesburg and OR Tambo International Airport. Gautrain Management Agency said there will be a ‘renewed foc…
INNOTRANS: With digital signalling infrastructure moving towards a more centralised architecture, Frauscher Sensortechnik has been developing its IP-based Frauscher Advanced Platform to support a range of train detection and control functionality. The concept combines a centralised interlocking logic with distributed …
USA: The Gateway Development Commission held a celebration at Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen on September 29 to mark the start of boring work for the Hudson Tunnel project to excavate a second pair of railway tunnels between New York and New Jersey. Final testing of the first tunnel boring machine is expected to be c…
INNOTRANS: 'It is essential for the future talent pipeline to involve youth now', 16-year-old InnoTrans ambassador Adam El Rafey said at the 2026 Railway Influencer Festival. The UAE’s youngest university student emphasised that digital content creators' knowledge of young audiences could help the railway industry und…
EUROPE: FlixTrain is to install more than 40 000 Vela Pax seats from Polish manufacturer Recaro Rail across its existing fleet and new trains. The first series deliveries began this year, and the programme runs until the end of 2028. An ergonomically designed backrest was developed to meet the operator’s specific need…
This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Construction of the underground metro station at Manila 's Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and connecting tunnels was launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on September 16. The work forms part of Contract Package 109 for the Metro Man…
USA: Florida inter-city operator Brightline has announced a financial restructuring of its parent holding company aimed at securing the future of its Miami – Orlando passenger service. The private sector operator announced on September 25 that ‘certain entities associated with the company’ had entered into a Restructu…
INNOTRANS: One year after Europe launched its high speed rail action plan, industry leaders at InnoTrans 2026 said demand and investment are not the main barriers to expansion; from certification and testing capacity to fragmented standards and network access, uncertainty remains the key constraint. ‘We can find the m…
One year after Europe launched its high speed rail action plan, industry leaders at InnoTrans 2026 said demand and investment are not the main barriers to expansion; from certification and testing capacity to fragmented standards and network access, uncertainty remains the key constraint. ‘We can find the money', said…
INTERNATIONAL: Quectel Wireless Solutions says it is investing early to ensure its customers have a reliable path to migration from GSM-R to the Future Railway Mobile Communication System, with the launch of an Land Grid Array version of its RG660Qx 5G communications module which is designed to enable FRMCS evaluation…
After decades of underinvestment, Portugal is repowering its railway research capabilities, with new courses and working groups emerging at major institutions in Porto and Lisboa. This progress is reflected by Portuguese participation in the recent IMechE Railway Challenge competition, as Diogo Ferreira Nunes reports.…
INNOTRANS: The 30th anniversary InnoTrans ‘was an InnoTrans of superlatives’ that broke numerous records, according to Dirk Hoffmann, Chief Operating Officer of trade fair organiser Messe Berlin. The preliminary numbers include: 175 000 trade visitors from more than 120 countries, up 5 000 on 2024; 3 190 exhibitors fr…
INNOTRANS: Progress with the development and deployment of the Digital Automatic Coupler was celebrated with a high-level demonstration event on September 23, hosted by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking with support from partners in the FP5TRANS4M-R, FP5-DACtiVate, DACFit and FP5-Future4Freight projects. Held at Hav…
INNOTRANS: The Railway Influencer Festival at InnoTrans 2026 was twice the size of the inaugural event in 2024, and InnoTrans PR Manager Simon Pausch told social media influencers that this was 'a great indicator that you are becoming a more and more important part of the show'. The Railway Influencer Festival offers …
POLAND: Leasing company Alpha Trains has sold 11 Bombardier Transportation Talent diesel multiple-units to Public Transport Service and Modertrans Poznań, and says it could make up to 50 similar DMUs available to the Polish market, subject to customer demand. The closing of the sale was marked at InnoTrans 2026, and f…
AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways and Siemens Mobility unveiled a Mireo electric multiple-unit with the Railjet M configuration designed for inter-regional Alpine routes at InnoTrans 2026. Siemens is supplying a total of 100 Mireo EMUs to ÖBB under a 2023 framework contract. This includes 31 Railjet M units. Siemens …
INNOTRANS: Outlining the Italian state railway’s international strategy at InnoTrans, the head of FS International Luigi Corradi said that high speed rail is key to its growth. 'There is nobody that can do it as we can do', he said. 'We want to create an export of our Italian capability.' Speaking in Berlin on Septemb…
This week’s global railway supply chain news from Railway Gazette International . Eurofima has provided Serbia’s national passenger operator Srbijavoz with a EUR 12m 10-year financing package to support the acquisition of six Siemens Vectron A17 multi-system electric locomotives for use on international rail services …
INNOTRANS: Alpha Trains and Wabtec’s Dellner subsidiary have signed an agreement to enter into negotiations on a long-term framework agreement for the overhaul of couplers used on the leasing company’s regional passenger train fleet. The planned agreement is intended to establish a long-term approach to the technical …
INTERNATIONAL: South Korea’s Woojin Industrial Systems has signed a contract to supply Seoul Metro with 376 metro cars, the manufacturer confirmed to Railway Gazette International at the InnoTrans 2026 trade fair in Berlin. Woojin was the sole bidder for the 593.4bn won contract signed in August, which covers 184 cars…
EUROPE: 'To state clearly: we generally welcome competition under fair and transparent conditions', Dr Michael Peterson, Deutsche Bahn board member for Long-Distance Passenger Transport said at InnoTrans 2026. 'When that is the case, the offering for rail passengers can indeed be improved.' But in DB's view, 'an effic…