TURKEY: Akdoğan Train Cargo has become the first Turkish company to order Siemens Mobility Vectron locomotives, placing an order for five multi-system electric locos for use on international routes to EU destinations.

BULGARIA: Škoda Group has unveiled one of the trainsets it is building for the Sofia metro.

UAE: National railway developer and operator Etihad Rail has formed the Etihad Rail Mobility joint venture with Keolis to launch passenger train services in the UAE from 2026.

UK: Applications have opened for the latest round of the High Speed 2 Innovation Accelerator, which is intended to address three specific challenges as part of the government’s ‘reset’ of the HS2 project.

Renfe pone a disposición de los viajeros más de 11.000 plazas en un total de 27 trenes AVE para viajar entre Málaga y Zaragoza del viernes 10 al lunes 13 de octubre, coincidiendo con día festivo en Andalucía y días de celebración de las Fiestas del Pilar.

SWITZERLAND: Knorr-Bremse has agreed to acquire railway safety hardware and software company Duagon Group, which it said would complement its existing business and increase its share of revenue in the rolling stock market.

Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) ha habilitado servicios especiales nocturnos con motivo de la celebración del festival 'Sa Rocketa' en Santa Maria del Camí, que tendrá lugar este sábado.

AUSTRALIA: Edith Cowan University has launched dedicated rail-based units across its Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering undergraduate programmes, developed in partnership with the Australian Railway Association to help meet the sector’s future needs.

CHINA: Hong Kong operator MTR Corp has expanded its Light Rail Voyager tourism-oriented services with the introduction of a second route.

En las estaciones de Delicias, Villaverde Bajo, Nuevos Ministerios o Villalba, entre otras, también se renovarán los equipos de elevación Cercanías Madrid ha puesto en servicio dos nuevos ascensores en la estaciòn de Tres Cantos que cumplen con la normativa vigente en materia de accesibilidad. Esta actuaciòn se enmarca en el Plan Ascende de Cercanías, que comprende la instalaciòn y mantenimiento de equipos de elevaciòn en diferentes estaciones.