Danish State Railways (DSB) put its first Talgo 230 trains into service between Copenhagen and Hamburg on November 3, one month after they were authorised for operation in Germany and Denmark. https://t.co/YNVpG1jwrD

The new SNCF CEO, Jean Castex, has identified competition and the need to increase infrastructure spending as key challenges facing the national railway.

Switzerland's Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has amended its controversial new rules governing the operation of wagons.

Malaysia is to reopen the mothballed 18.7km line between Pasir Mas and Rantau Panjang on the border with Thailand. https://t.co/7ae1eZVCik

Portugal, Spain and the European Commission (EC) have agreed a plan for the development of a high-speed line between Lisbon and Madrid.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a sovereign-backed loan of up to €42m to Serbian passenger operator Serbia Voz for 12 new sleeping coaches. https://t.co/aY1t9gaz3h

German Rail (DB) has confirmed that the reorganisation of its senior management is now complete, with the appointment of three new members to the management board. https://t.co/hvmtvfMveP

A Herrenknecht study for the Spanish government has confirmed the technical feasibility of a twin-bore rail tunnel between Spain and Morocco.

Marcopolo Rail has won a contract to supply three Prosper City DMUs for the commuter line in the city of Teresina in Brazil.

Marcopolo Rail has won a contract to supply three Prosper City DMUs for the commuter line in the city of Teresina in Brazil.

Model Y Standard & Model 3 Standard are here

Calling all Young Rail Leaders!! You still have time to enter IRJ's Young Leaders in Rail Award 2025. You just need to be under the age of 40 on January 1 2026. You can even nominate yourself! But hurry: the closing date is November 6. https://t.co/6p7VlFCYMB

Hitachi Rail, in consortium with Bulgarian electrical engineering company Cerb, has been awarded a contract by Bulgarian infrastructure manager NRIC to install ERTMS on a 35km section of main line. https://t.co/gNjGYCrx1K

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is partnering with German private operator Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) Germany to run an overnight service between Basle in northwestern Switzerland and Malmö in southern Sweden, via Germany and Denmark. https://t.co/mpakENCEaT

Brazilian freight operator Rumo Logistics is equipping its locomotive fleet with a satellite communications system supplied by Starlink.

Britain's rail regulator has approved the application from Virgin Trains for access to the Eurostar maintenance facility in east London.

Rolling stock manufacturer Türasaş has begun work on Turkey's first high-speed train manufacturing facility, located at Sakarya.

Sumitomo and Nippon Sharyo have been awarded a $US 111.8m contract by MRT Jakarta to supply 48 metro cars for Phase 2A of the North-South Line.

IRJ is inviting nominations for its fourth Young Leaders in Rail Award. The winning candidates will be profiled in a special feature in the December edition of the magazine and on https://t.co/c3gb752zKH throughout December. https://t.co/tQOTyIGe2d

Alstom has begun validation testing of the first of 10 five-car Coradia Stream EMUs that it is supplying to Catalonia Government Railways (FGC) to operate a new service running to Terminal 1 at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport. https://t.co/8LoEatCMSf

German infrastructure manager DB InfraGO will spend an additional €4bn in Bavaria next year, financed by the new federal infrastructure fund.