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The California High-Speed Rail Authority's Board of Directors has approved the release of what’s known as a ‘Request for Qualifications’ for the nation's first 350km/h electrified high-speed trainsets, a crucial step towards bringing a high-speed rail service to California.

The US$1.2 trillion contract funded by Amtrak's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) brings the total order of trainsets to 83 following the addition of 10 trains.

The first of 29 trains that have been subjected to a Euro31 million upgrade has this month re-entered passenger service in the south of the UK. The trains connect London St Pancras International with Ashford, East Kent and Medway stations in the south-east of England.

Valued at €387 million, Alstom has successfully delivered the first trainset for the Bhopal–Indore metro project to India’s Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MPMRCL) today.

Škoda Group will be delivering 22 trams to Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG), as part of a contract worth €88 million, the largest investment in vehicles in the history of KVG.

Alstom has signed a contract to supply 40 Coradia Stream trains that are high capacity electric multiple units to NAH.SH, which is a local transport association.

After winning an EU-wide tender, Siemens Mobility will deliver 90 modernised trains to Munich costing more than €2 billion, with the trains set to enter service by the end of 2028.

Julian Fordon from DB Regio is one of nearly 20 leading speakers who have signed up to present at The Rail Interior Show, which will be taking place in Prague between the 25th and 26th of October this year.

As part of €90 million contract, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A (CAF) is supplying an additional 11 new trains to Dockland Light Rail (DLR) to supplement the initial order of 43 trains.

Austrian rail operator ÖBB has placed an order for 35 double-decker trains from Stadler.