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Madrid's MetroEste sees the light at the end of the tunnel and it is the Hospital del Henares station, which will be back in service in November. 13,000 tonnes of mortar have been injected to stabilise the ground. Leer
Alstom has received an order from the Greater Wellington Regional Council to manufacture 18 bimodal battery-electric trains for the New Zealand capital's suburban railway. Leer
Adif completes the new Oural tunnel, which will replace the current one, on the Monforte de Lemos-Lugo section. It will come into service on 23 September after a two-day service interruption. Leer
Polish public passenger operator PKP Intercity awards Alstom a contract to manufacture and maintain 42 double-decker trains with a maximum speed of 200 km/h for 30 years. Leer
This morning, the new JK series trains of the Berlin metro came into service. They are narrow gauge and will modernise the fleet on lines U1, U2, U3 and U4. Leer
The DB and the manufacturer Siemens will show the public the model of the new S-Bahn XXL trains in Munich at the IAA Mobility. They will go into service at the end of 2028. Leer
The Bogotá metro is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality. This week the first train arrived in the port of Cartagena from China. Leer
Thousands of passengers were affected yesterday by an incident in the Adif Alta Velocidad servers, which was resolved throughout the day. Leer
The company responsible for the ML-2 and ML-3 lines of the Madrid metro, Metro Ligero Oeste, is launching a customer service channel via WhatsApp. Leer
Czech Renfe-controlled Leo Express will launch the new Warsaw-Cracow-Prague route with a day train and a night train on 1 March. They will use FLIRT units from Stadler. Leer
The breakthrough of tunnel number 3 of the new freight branch to the port of Punta Langosteira marks the end of the excavation of the underground sections. The line will enter service in 2027. Leer
From this Sunday, Comboios de Portugal will assign Arco cars to the Lisbon-Porto Intercidades. They will run with a Corail car which will offer a cafeteria service. Leer
Metro de Madrid is bringing forward the closure of the eastern section of line 6 to 6 September and the western section, currently interrupted, will open with a voltage of 1,500 V dc. Leer
Richard Branson's brand operator Virgin Trains announces a deal with Alstom to buy 12 high-speed tilting trains to link London with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Leer
The CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG is stepping down after coming under pressure due to the group's poor operational and financial performance. He had been in the position since 2017. Leer
The works that will allow the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed train to travel from Madrid-Barcelona to Chamartín station have reached 50% completion. Leer
The Talgo VI trains will return to Central Europe with Leo Express, a Czech operator controlled by Renfe. They'll be leased by RAMF ROSCO following an ongoing rebranding. Leer
The Spanish Government and the municipal governments of Figueras and Vilafant sign a protocol to remove the conventional railway from the town centre and build a bypass through Vilafant station, 2.3 km away from the current one. Leer