French shipping company CMA CGM, owner of Continental Rail, acquires its second rail operator. The company is Freightliner UK, which will continue to operate independently. #RNHS
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The Talgo 230 trains purchased by DSB from the Spanish manufacturer have received the go-ahead from the ERA and the Danish and German agencies to start service. #RNHS
The closure of Poland's borders with Belarus, decreed by Donald Tusk's government, is causing the railway infrastructure between the two countries to be cut off. #RNHS
Today is the first edition of the World Tram Drivers Championship, an evolution of the European Championship. You can watch it live. #RNHS
S-Bahn Berlin (DB Regio) will maintain the operation of the entire Berlin S-Bahn network after winning the public tender. The winning consortium will have to supply 1,400 cars of the 483 and 484 series. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
Thousands of passengers were affected yesterday by an incident in the Adif Alta Velocidad servers, which was resolved throughout the day. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
The works that will allow the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed train to travel from Madrid-Barcelona to Chamartín station have reached 50% completion. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
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. #RNHS
The Community of Madrid announces that Metro de Madrid will exercise the option to purchase 8 additional trains for line 6, bringing the investment to 531.2 million euros. #RNHS
Stadler Rail Valencia will manufacture the 7 Tramcamp (Camp de Tarragona tramway) trams required for the first phase, which will link Cambrils, Salou and Vila-Seca. #RNHS
The Government authorises state-owned SEPI's entry into the capital of Talgo, of which it will own 7.87% of the shares after a capital increase. In addition, it will make a convertible loan for 30 million. #RNHS
The Spanish Council of Ministers this morning authorised the creation of Rodalies de Catalunya SME to take over the operation of suburban and regional trains in Catalonia. #RNHS
The Greatest Gathering starts on Friday at Alstom's Derby factory in the UK. It will be a great railway festival that you will be able to follow live on our social networks. #RNHS
SNCB's Board of Directors has finally awarded CAF the manufacturing of up to 600 trains of the AM30 series, with a firm order for 1,625 million euros. #RNHS
The Spanish Ministry of Transport asks the Community of Madrid for the necessary information to resume the works that will bring the commuter train to Navalcarnero. #RNHS