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The EU Agency for Railways (ERA) has authorised the high-speed variant of the Siemens Vectron to operate at up to 230 km...
22/12/2025

The EU Agency for Railways (ERA) has authorised the high-speed variant of the Siemens Vectron to operate at up to 230 km/h in passenger service. The first customer for the 230 km/h Vectron is Czech state-owned operator ČD, which ordered 50 multi-system Class 384 locos in early 2022.

Photo: ČD

Irish Rail (IÉ) has placed a €173.9 million order with Alstom for 20 additional 5-car X'Trapolis EMUs to replace the age...
22/12/2025

Irish Rail (IÉ) has placed a €173.9 million order with Alstom for 20 additional 5-car X'Trapolis EMUs to replace the ageing 1500 V DC 8100 Class EMUs on Dublin's DART suburban network. The order, part of a framwork contract for up to 750 vehicles, will expand the 90000 Class fleet to 57 5-car sets (285 vehicles).
Units from the initial order are due to enter service from 2027, followed by the second batch from 2028 onwards.
A feature article on the expansion of the DART network will be published in the February 2026 issue of Today's Railways Europe, on sale on 26 January.

Photo: IÉ

The first of 22 Stadler FLIRT regional multiple units for CP has arrived in Portugal. Designated Class 2700, the fleet o...
19/12/2025

The first of 22 Stadler FLIRT regional multiple units for CP has arrived in Portugal. Designated Class 2700, the fleet of 12 EDMUs and 10 EMUs are the first new trains to be delivered to CP for nearly two decades. The first unit, a bi-mode set, was delivered to Entroncamento and will now undergo testing on the national network. The units are expected to enter passenger service from the second half of 2026.

Photo: CP

Czech open-access passenger operator Leo Express is to launch a new service linking Frankfurt (Main) with Przemyśl on th...
17/12/2025

Czech open-access passenger operator Leo Express is to launch a new service linking Frankfurt (Main) with Przemyśl on the Poland-Ukraine border on 25 June. The train will operate via Leipzig, Dresden, Praha, Ostrava and Kraków.
Train 232 departs Przemyśl at 13.31, arriving at Frankfurt Flughafen at 07.53 the following day. The return journey departs at 08.27 as train 235 and arrives in Przemyśl at 02.23.

Photo: Leo Express

The first of 19 Citylink electric tram-trains ordered by Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen arrived in Chemnitz on the evenin...
17/12/2025

The first of 19 Citylink electric tram-trains ordered by Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen arrived in Chemnitz on the evening of 16 December. The 3-section vehicles are being built at Stadler's Albuixech plant near Valéncia and was shipped from Spain to Antwerpen, completing its journey by rail. 12 electro-diesel (600 V DC) Citylinks are already in service in the Chemnitz area. The pure electric (600 V DC/15 kV AC 16.7 Hz) version, ordered by VMS in March 2022, is due to enter service from 2027.

Photos: VMS/Danny Hösel

Slovenian state-owned passenger operator SŽ Pp placed two orders on 15 December for new locos and coaches for internatio...
16/12/2025

Slovenian state-owned passenger operator SŽ Pp placed two orders on 15 December for new locos and coaches for international services. Siemens will supply four multi-system 200 km/h Vectron MS locos equipped to operate in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy (as far as Trieste). Deliveries will take place in April and May 2027.
Hungary's Magyar Vagon Group will supply 20 200 km/h coaches, five of which will be equipped to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility. The coaches, which will be based on the IC+ stock already in service with Hungarian passenger operator MÁV Személyszállítási, are due for delivery between June and October 2028.

Germany's Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe has ordered 61 Mireo Plus B battery electric multiple units from Sieme...
16/12/2025

Germany's Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe has ordered 61 Mireo Plus B battery electric multiple units from Siemens. The order is being financed by leasing company Rock Rail. The 2-car units will enter service from December 2029 and will replace DMUs on the following routes:

• RB 63 Münster - Coesfeld
• RB 67 Münster - Warendorf - Bielefeld
• RB 71 Bielefeld - Rahden
• RB 73 Bielefeld - Lemgo-Lüttfeld
• RB 74 Bielefeld - Paderborn
• RB 75 Bielefeld - Osnabrück
• RB 77 Herford - Elze (- Hildesheim)
• RE 82 Bielefeld - Detmold.

Image: Siemens

FlixTrain says its new fleet of Talgo 230 coaches will be deployed exclusively in Germany, enabling the operator to "bui...
15/12/2025

FlixTrain says its new fleet of Talgo 230 coaches will be deployed exclusively in Germany, enabling the operator to "build a high-frequency network connecting all German metropolitan areas". The fleet of 65 trains will enter service from 2028 onwards. In the meantime, FlixTrain plans to introduce additional modernised rolling stock from 2026 onwards and will double its existing fleet by 2028.

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Class RABe 501 Giruno trainsets took over Hamburg–Basel EuroCity services from 14 December,...
15/12/2025

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Class RABe 501 Giruno trainsets took over Hamburg–Basel EuroCity services from 14 December, replacing loco-hauled trains formed of SBB stock and further reducing duties for DB Fernverkehr's Class 101 electric locos. Departures are at 08.29 and 16.29 from Hamburg Altona and 06.46 and 14.46 from Basel SBB. Giruno sets have been operating EC services between Frankfurt (Main), Zürich and Milano since June 2024.

Photo: DB AG/Volker Emersleben

The first Stadler Flirt battery electric multiple units for LTG Link has arrived in Lithuania. The BEMUs will be used on...
15/12/2025

The first Stadler Flirt battery electric multiple units for LTG Link has arrived in Lithuania. The BEMUs will be used on Vilnius–Varėna and Kaunas–Šiauliai services, replacing diesel units.

Photo: LTG Link

Four years after it was devastated by flooding, the Ahrtalbahn between Remagen and Ahrbrück reopened to passengers with ...
15/12/2025

Four years after it was devastated by flooding, the Ahrtalbahn between Remagen and Ahrbrück reopened to passengers with the start of the 2026 timetable on 14 December. The €590 million project included electrification resignalling of the 29 km line, as well as the rebuilding of 18 km of track, 22 bridges, five tunnels and ten stations.

Photo: Deutsche Bahn AG / Michael Neuhaus

Austria's Koralmbahn was inaugurated on 12 December, with public services on the 130 km high-speed line from Graz to Kla...
15/12/2025

Austria's Koralmbahn was inaugurated on 12 December, with public services on the 130 km high-speed line from Graz to Klagenfurt commencing on 14 December. The centrepiece of the project is the 32.9 km Koralm Tunnel, Austria's longest railway tunnel. The €5.9 billion railway reduces the Graz – Klagenfurt journey time to 41 minutes (previously two hours by bus) and Wien – Klagenfurt to 3h10, while Wien – Venezia is cut by 30 minutes to 7h10. The Wien – Klagenfurt service has been increased from 10 trains per day to 26, with all services running via Graz.
Photo: ÖBB

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