India: The country’s minister of railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, together with the ministry, has released a series of videos unveiling the country’s first hydrogen-powered train, developed at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai.
India: The fleet of three six-car trains was put into service on 10 August. The vehicles operate at 25-minute intervals on the 19.1 km long yellow line.
Germany: Vollert filed for insolvency at the Heilbronn District Court in July 2025. Just a few weeks before this filing, the company had secured two major new contracts, but was unable to utilise bank guarantees to fulfill these orders.
UK: The Japanese company has concluded a deal to acquire Omnicom from the international group Balfour Beatty.
Germany: The digital automatic couplers from Voith will be used by the freight operator WLE, which owns the 120 km railway network near Lippstadt and transports around 1.4 mln tonnes of goods annually.
Spain: Renfe, the national rail operator, has temporarily withdrawn five new Talgo Avril high-speed trainsets from service after cracks were discovered in the frames of their powered bogies.
Serbia: The five-car tram from the Turkish manufacturer was put in operation in late July, with two more LRVs under preparation for commissioning.
Czech Republic: The manufacturer has delivered a four-car trainset from the plant in Ostrava to the VUZ test circuit in Velim.
Kazakhstan: The Atyrau Wagon Factory (AWF), part of the TEXOL Group, has manufactured prototype tank wagons models 15-3234 and 15-3237.
