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The State of California and Stadler have signed an agreement for six additional hydrogen trains. These are contract options that the state is exercising under a contract signed in October 2023.

Brits are the most likely in the world to choose to travel by train over car or plane for long-distance journeys, according to a new global survey commissioned by Hitachi Rail.

Alstom commenced the production of its world-class Metropolis trainsets for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Phase IV. Awarded in November 2022, this order aims to deliver 52 train sets, each comprising of six cars.

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has ordered the first 70 trains from the framework agreement won by Siemens Mobility at the end of summer 2023.

Alstom, is supplying 18 modern Coradia Max electric multiple-unit trains to DB Regio AG.

Škoda Group will equip new trolleybuses for the Italian city of Genoa with complete traction equipment. It has been chosen as a key supplier by Solaris Bus & Coach, which will deliver a total of 112 articulated 18-metre trolleybuses to northern Italy.

The first winners of a new prize rewarding innovation in the rail interiors industry have been revealed. The Rail Interiors Awards 2023 recipients were announced at a special event on the evening of 8 November at The RedCabin Railway Innovation Summit, held in Vienna, Austria. RedCabin and the organisers of The Rail Interiors Show joined forces to create the awards.

The Rail Interiors Show 2023, hosted at the PVA Expo in Prague, Czech Republic, on 25-26 October 2023, brought together more than 40 participating companies and over 600 attendees. Organised by the publisher of Railway Interiors International, the event served as a global hub for designers, engineers, specifiers and brand managers eager to explore the forefront of rail-car interior concepts.

The organisers of the world’s only dedicated rail-interior events have joined forces to create The Rail Interiors Awards, accolades that are designed to reward innovation from and by rail suppliers, operators, design houses, and rail carriage manufacturers.

ÖBB's Nightjet fleet expansion began with an initial order for 13 Nightjet trains, valued at £1.5 billion, as part of a framework contract signed in 2018. Building on this foundation, an additional order for 20 Nightjets was signed in 2021. Now, with this latest order, ÖBB is set to welcome 33 brand-new Nightjet trains into their lineup.