(IN BRIEF) The first of ten new Alstom Class 345 Aventra trains built at Derby Litchurch Lane Works has entered passenger service on London’s Elizabeth line, with unit 345071 beginning operations on 28 August 2026 after acceptance on 25 August. … Read the full press release
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Tagged 000 employees, 1, 150th anniversary, 2, 40 UK companies, 660 Aventra carriages, Adessia, Alstom, Alstom Begins Passenger Rollout of Ten Additional Elizabeth Line Trains, Alstom Centre of Excellence, August 28 2026, Aventra, Class 345 Aventra, Class 345 No. 345071, Derby, Derby Litchurch Lane Works, electric multiple units, Elizabeth line, EMUs, First Government-Funded Class 345 Aventra Enters Service on Elizabeth Line, GTS, High Speed Two, HS2, London, New Derby-Built Aventra Train Joins London’s Elizabeth Line Fleet, Nimesh Tailor, nine-carriage train, Old Oak Common, passenger demand, passenger rail, passenger service, Rail Manufacturing, railway capacity, railway supply chain, railway testing, regional rail, rolling stock, September 1 2026, TfL, train manufacturing, Transport for London, UK government funding, UK rail industry, United Kingdom, Urban Rail
(IN BRIEF) Alstom, SNCF Voyageurs and five French regions have begun commercial operation of France’s first two battery-powered regional trains as part of a national programme worth more than €41 million. Occitanie’s first battery train entered service on the Nîmes–Vauvert … Read the full press release
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Tagged 1 September 2026, 20% energy savings, 28 July 2026, 31 August 2026, 80 kilometre range, AGC railcars, Alstom, Alstom Marks Commercial Launch of France’s First Two Battery-Powered Regional Trains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Avignon, battery-powered regional trains, battery-powered TER, Carole Delga, Carpentras, commercial rail service, Delphine Couzi, direct CO₂ emissions, energy recovery, France, France Introduces First Battery-Powered TER Trains in Occitanie and Sud Regions, France Tests Battery Rail Technology on Non-Electrified Regional Lines, Frédéric Wiscart, Gaël Barbier, Hauts-de-France, hybrid train, hydrogen train, Jean-Luc Gibelin, liO train, lithium-ion batteries, Luchon, Montréjeau, Nîmes, non-electrified railway lines, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie Region, Olivier Delecroix, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, rail decarbonisation, rail innovation, regenerative braking, Régiolis, regional rail, Renaud Muselier, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Voyageurs TER Occitanie, SNCF Voyageurs TER Sud, Sorgues, Sud Region, sustainable mobility, Toulouse, Vauvert, €30 million regional funding, €41 million programme, €5.5 million Alstom, €6 million SNCF Voyageurs
(IN BRIEF) TPF, the Fribourg Transport Authority, has ordered 13 four-car FLIRT Evo multiple units from Stadler to modernise its regional rail fleet, with the first train expected to enter service on the TPF network in December 2028 and additional … Read the full press release
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Tagged 117 million Swiss francs, 13 trains, 164 seats, 2021 tender, 369 passengers, 73.5 metres, accessible toilets, accessible trains, bicycles, braking performance, Bussnang, Christian König, December 2028, Domino trains, fleet modernisation, FLIRT, FLIRT Evo, four-car trains, Fribourg, Fribourg Transport Authority, high acceleration, luggage, metre-gauge line, Montbovon, multi-purpose areas, multiple units, Palézieux, passenger capacity, passenger comfort, passenger information systems, power sockets, public transport, pushchairs, rail fleet, rail operations, regional rail, regional transport, reliable rail operations, rising passenger numbers, SBB, Serge Collaud, Stadler, Stadler FLIRT Evo Units to Replace Domino Trains on TPF Network, standard-gauge network, step-free entrances, Switzerland, tender process, top speed 160 km/h, TPF, TPF Modernises Regional Fleet With Stadler FLIRT Evo Order, TPF to Introduce FLIRT Evo Trains From December 2028, wheelchair spaces, wide doors
(IN BRIEF) Arriva Group has won a nearly €5 million contract to operate the Brodnica–Rypin and Wierzchucin–Laskowice rail lines in Poland’s Kujawsko‑Pomorskie region starting December 2026. These routes, inactive for 26 and five years respectively, will offer six daily return journeys … Read the full press release
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Tagged Arriva Group, Brodnica–Rypin, community connectivity, competitive tender, December 2026, Europe-wide network, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, liberalised transport, partnership, Poland, public transport expansion, regional rail, rolling stock, Sian Leydon, train‑kilometres, Wierzchucin–Laskowice
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