3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (381+ words) This week’s global railway supply chain news from Railway Gazette International. Škoda Group’s Ostrava plant has launched production of prototypes for a new generation of electric multiple-units ordered by Arriva. The July 2025 contract worth more than KC7bn covers the production of…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (499+ words) BULGARIA: State-owned operator BDZ has put its first Alstom Coradia Stream EMUs into regular passenger service, less than three weeks after introducing its new Škoda RegioPanter fleet. The twin launches follow a race to meet the EU Recovery & Resilience Facility’s…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (394+ words) Railway Gazette International Urban rail industry news round-up This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. On September 5 Wien tram Line 18 was extended from Schlachthausgasse on U-Bahn Line U3 to Stadion on U2, serving the Ernst Happel Stadium. Construction…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (757+ words) EUROPE: Trenitalia’s Hitachi Rail-built Frecciarossa 1000 trainsets are undergoing an extensive authorisation programme in Germany and Austria ahead of the planned launch of direct services from Italy to München in summer 2027. The testing is being carried out in co-operation with Deutsche…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (455+ words) NETHERLANDS: Den Haag transport operator HTM has displayed its first Stadler TINA tram to the public ahead of entry into service on Route 2. The order for 62 trams is the largest to be placed for Stadler’s TINA family, and was the…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (435+ words) SPAIN: Renfe and its suppliers are making progress in the complex task of renewing the rolling stock used across a slew of the country’s narrow gauge railways, most of which formed part of the former FEVE business that was amalgamated…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) GERMANY: CAF has demonstrated a battery-only range of 273 km with its Class 557 BEMU. The manufacturer hopes that this will enable the production fleet to run further than they will typically need to without overhead power on the Niederrhein-Münsterland network. Alongside…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) NETHERLANDS: The Amsterdam tram network has been extended, with a three-stop, 1.8 km eastern extension of Route 26 opening from Theo van Goghpark to IJburg Franz Kafkastraat. The extension serves two emerging residential neighbourhoods currently under construction on artificial islands in Amsterdam-Oost....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (404+ words) SPAIN: The first five of 79 Series 453 partly double-deck electric multiple-units being supplied by Stadler València for use on Madrid suburban routes entered service on August 24. It is expected that 17 EMUs will be in service by the end of the year....

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (396+ words) DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet has selected the KBH Metro Partner consortium as the winner of the next contract to operate automated metro lines M1 to M4, it announced on August 28. KBH Metro Partner comprises Paris transport operator RATP, its international branch…...