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China: New Taipei City has begun trial passenger operation of the 14.3 km Sanying MRT line, which serves 12 stations. Trains currently run every 6 minutes at peak times and every 8 minutes off-peak.
Kazakhstan: TEXOL Group has opened an Independent Research and Testing Centre (INTC) within its Texol Industrial wagon-building cluster in Atyrau.
UK: Green Signals podcast host Richard Bowker visited the site of the UK's last remaining independent wagon builder.
Russia: Rail vehicle manufacturing remains the DM-185's main proving ground, and it's a core business of Sinara Transport Machines.
Germany: The Polish manufacturer has officially closed the transaction and acquired 100% of the German company’s shares.
Spain: Talgo and the national operator Renfe have signed an agreement to upgrade the bogies of 15 trainsets originally built for standard gauge (1,435 mm).
Australia: A three-car train began carrying passengers on the Australind line between Perth and Bunbury on 29 June, covering the 167 km route in two and a half hours. For now, it will run four return trips a week.
Brazil: On 2 July, the city inaugurated the first section of Line 6-Orange, spanning 5.2 km and having six stations equipped with platform doors.
Portugal: The French manufacturer and the local civil works company DST are implementing the project to support a large contract for the delivery of new trains to the national operator CP.