Ouigo will launch on 14 December a direct train between Barcelona and Seville with stops in Zaragoza, Madrid and Cordoba. Tickets have been on sale since yesterday from €19.

Eurostar, majority-owned by SNCF Voyageurs, is gearing up for future competition through the Channel Tunnel by acquiring high-capacity Avelia Horizon trains.

The former Prime Minister Jean Castex receives the green light from the French Parliament to become the next CEO of the SNCF group. He is committed to investing in revitalising the railway, night trains, and freight services.

The Spanish Council of Ministers approves the allocation of 36 million euros to build two interchanges between FGC and the Barcelona Rodalies R8 at Volpelleres and Hospital General.

Ouigo warns it will pull out of Spain if Renfe does not uphold their maintenance depots access agreement. Renfe’s chairman alleges Ouigo is carrying out unauthorised work and using 30 per cent more capacity than allocated.

Renfe’s President confirms that the new metre-gauge trains for the former Feve network will start their homologation next summer.

ÖBB introduces an innovative tunnel drainage cleaning system. The Hydrojet, featuring the MDB02 system developed jointly with Spanish firm FCC, can clean over 2,000 m without disrupting services.

The French private operator Le Train aims to begin competing with SNCF on open-access services from 2028. It will have its own maintenance facilities and has confirmed the purchase of ten Talgo Avril trains.

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By the end of the first quarter of 2026, SNCF Voyageurs will be reorganised into two commercial units, one for PSO trains (TER, Intercités, Transilien) and one for open access trains (TGV inOui and Ouigo).

Hitachi, Siemens and Stadler have been selected by SBB to replace the existing relay-based interlocks with digital ones.

End of the odyssey for the purchase of 117 trains from Alstom by the Portuguese CP. After overcoming the appeals litigation, the contract has been signed. CP wants to execute the option for 36 more trains.

The German operator DB has today unveiled its first high-speed train not manufactured by Siemens. The ICE L, based on the Talgo 230 platform, is also the first German high-speed train with all doors level with the platform.

The sudden departure of Jean-Pierre Farandou to take over as minister has prompted SNCF to appoint an interim president and CEO. Laurent Trevisani will hold the position until he is replaced by Jean Castex.

Today, the first steel-wheeled train on the Paris metro in over 30 years has entered service. The first MF19 has carried its first passengers on Line 10.

The Spanish high-capacity Cercanías trains are scheduled to enter service in the second half of 2026. Valencia could, alongside Madrid, receive 200-metre units.

The business arm of ONCE will be in charge of telematic customer service for Metro de Madrid users and suppliers for the next 3 years (with the option of 2 more).

The Chamartín high-speed rail underpass is now open, allowing access from tracks 14 to 25 to the metro and tracks 1 to 13 of the station.

Since Sunday 5 October, the UK operator Greater Anglia has been state-owned. The transfer means that the half of train operating companies are in public hands in the UK.

UK-based Chiltern Railways unveiled this morning in London the first Mark 5A car composition, which it will bring into service early next year.

Yesterday, we learned that Sweden's SJ will cancel the Stockholm-Berlin night train in August. Its operating partner, RDC Deutschland, announces it will run the train alone and without subsidies.

The Spanish Ministry of Transport awards the feasibility study and the informative study of the O Porriño-Portuguese border section of the high-speed Atlantic Axis.

Germany aims to reunify the procurement of PSO trains in order to make their acquisition and maintenance easier and cheaper. The model is based on that of the VDV Tram-Train consortium.

The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility looks again at Talgo and publicly regrets the delay in the delivery of the 107 series. For the moment, no sanctions are being considered.

Awarded the contract for the Tren-Tierra works and the power supply at 2,200 V and 3,000 V in the extension of the C-4b of Cercanías Madrid to Soto del Real.

Following the withdrawal of the Swedish government subsidy, SJ will stop operating the Stockholm-Berlin night train next summer. Private operator Snälltåget will keep its train on the same route.

On 8 October, the ERTMS level 1 system that ETS is deploying in the province of Guipúzcoa began to be tested. It will gradually replace Euroloop from the second half of 2026.

Britain's Gemini Trains announces it has chosen Siemens' Velaro Novo to compete with Eurostar... If it gets acess to the Temple Mills depot.

For 5.2 million euros, Adif tenders a contract for preventive maintenance of HSL switches and crossings, which will prevent derailments like the one in 2017. In addition, it tenders the profiling of the new switches and crossings.

Talgo selects Spanish technology firm GMV to supply public address, intercom, CCTV and onboard communications for Talgo’s overnight trains for Egypt’s ENR.

Swiss manufacturer Stadler wins a new order for hydrogen trains in Italy. It consist in 2 units (with an option for 13 more) of narrow-gauge trains for the operator FCE (Ferrovia Circumetnea).

Renfe Fabricación y Mantenimiento is launching a plan to invest 1,000 million euros in expanding and modernising its maintenance depots. It will also implement a more efficient maintenance model.

As of 1 November, the State of Finland will be the owner of the company that owns the rolling stock for OSP trains. It is currently owned by the public operator VR.

In an exercise in transparency, since 6 October Renfe has published on its website the punctuality data for all its passenger trains with monthly reports.

Adif awards the contract to the joint venture formed by Tracción Rail and Continental Rail for the leasing of locomotives with driver for maintenance work on the RFIG.

Henri Poupart-Lafarge already has a successor at Alstom. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Martin Sion as the new CEO, who will take up the position on 1 April 2026.

Henri Poupart-Lafarge has already taken over at Alstom. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Martin Sion as the new CEO, who will take office on 1 April 2026.

The Spanish Congress of Deputies has approved the Sustainable Mobility Law in extremis this afternoon, which will now go to the Senate.

The public transport operator of the Helsinki metropolitan area chooses Stadler to supply up to 183 trams, with a firm order for 63 units.

Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking is launching the 2025-02 call for proposals for innovative projects. It will fund them with a total of €148.2 million.

Transport for London (TfL) has chosen Indra to manage ticketing and ticket control for London's public transport system until 2034. Cubic Transportation Systems, the current contractor, has appealed the decision.

Adif Alta Velocidad awards the contract for the drafting of the construction projects for the Seville-Huelva high-speed line. The contract is divided into 5 lots and has a total cost of 31.4 million euros.

Two months after the transfer of the first train, Renfe announces the leasing of 3 Talgo VI trainsets to Leo Express. They will be used, among others, the Prague-Bratislava route.

Good economic news for Renfe, which closed 2024 with a net loss of only 2.9 million euros compared to 121.5 million euros in 2023. During the first half of 2025 the figures have been worse.

This Thursday, Ouigo will put tickets on sale for travel until 2 August. With the entry into force of the new service timetable, the offer will be extended to Barcelona, Murcia, Seville and Malaga.

Adif's Board of Directors reorganises the company's structure. The DG of Business and Customers becomes the DG of Passengers and Business Development.

Despite the end of free travel passes, in September Cercanías Madrid exceeded the number of passengers in September 2024 and even in the same month of 2019.

Iryo, the only Spanish high-speed operator with private capital, simplifies its fares and worsens conditions. From now on it offers 4 types of tickets divided into 2 classes instead of 6 fares.

From 1 October, non-folding and non-electric bicycles can once again be carried on Metrovalencia's surface sections.

Stadler and Ferrovie Appulo Lucane presented Europe's first battery-powered narrow-gauge train at EXPO Ferroviaria.