The European Union will invest €175 million to modernise the Bar–Golubovci railway line in Montenegro. The project targets higher speeds, improved capacity and better reliability on a key TEN-T corridor.
Germany’s rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO invested more than €19 billion in network renewal and modernisation in 2025. The year was marked by a high construction workload alongside ongoing rail operations.
The financing will be used for rehabilitation works along the corridor, including track infrastructure, workshops, signalling systems and rolling stock.
The procedure covers a 13 km section of Line 85 between Kotowice, in the Brwinów municipality in Mazovia, and the future airport hub.
China’s high-speed rail network has exceeded 50,000 km in operation following the opening of new high-speed railway in Shaanxi Province.
Following the expansion, the terminal’s handling capacity has reached 25,000 TEUs.
The construction phase for a new curved track at the Kühnsdorf freight terminal in southern Carinthia has started following a groundbreaking ceremony held this week.
The first construction phase of the large-scale overhaul on the Hamburg–Berlin railway line is nearing completion around five months after works began. Focus is now shifting from track renewal to signalling systems and station upgrades.
The siding, scheduled for completion by 2029, is intended to facilitate large-scale rail deliveries of construction materials for the future airport terminal and the Warsaw–Łódź high-speed rail (HSR) line.
The combined budget of approximately HUF 860 billion (EUR 2.22 billion) is planned to be used for targeted track renewal works across multiple high-traffic locations in the national rail network.
Vietnam is moving forward with its first high-speed rail projects after VinSpeed and Siemens Mobility signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement. Siemens is expected to act as technology partner for rolling stock, signalling and core rail systems.
The works form part of the reconfiguration of railway operations from the city of Murcia towards the south and the centre of Spain.
Belgium has completed the nationwide rollout of ETCS, upgrading its rail network to European interoperability standards. The project positions the country among the first in Europe to deploy ETCS across a complex, live network.
The project adds another location to the company’s terminal network and extends its presence in the Central European and Balkan freight corridors.
The newly inaugurated Koralm Railway between Graz and Klagenfurt reported high passenger volumes in its first hours of operation, while an unrelated safety response in the Koralm Tunnel drew significant emergency resources on the same day.
From December 14, trains heading south from Berlin are using the rebuilt corridor with two newly added long-distance tracks and overhead electrification.
The facility has started processing freight trains, transshipping containers, handling trucks and filling its warehouses.
The installation is prepared for axle loads of 32.5 tonnes, a value not used elsewhere on Sweden’s rail network.
The two companies will acquire a 15,000 m² parcel from Consorzio ZAI and invest approximately €20 million in the development.
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PLK) has completed infrastructure works at four stations as part of a broader effort to increase the rail network’s capacity for both civilian and military freight.