The annual total was the highest since 1920 and exceeded the pre-pandemic peak of 1.75bn journeys recorded in 2018-19.
The units are planned to enter service from December 2030 under a 30-year operating contract for the Prague Integrated Transport system (PID).
The locomotive was built at TÜRASAŞ’s Eskişehir site.
SBB, SNCF Voyageurs and SNCB plan to test a direct Basel–Strasbourg–Brussels TGV INOUI service from July 2027.
The new night train will initially run between Brussels, Cologne, Switzerland and Milan. The route will be extended from the December 2026 timetable change with additional stops in Antwerp, Breda and Eindhoven, giving the Netherlands a direct night train connection to Italy.
The Class 847 units are based at depots in Praha-Libeň and Rakovník and now operate more than 10,000 km per day within Prague Integrated Transport (PID).
ZSSK has presented its first modernised sleeping coach at Rail Business Days in Ostrava, with initial deployment planned during 2026.
The first five-car trains are due to enter service on regional routes at the beginning of 2028.
The first two trains will operate on line U1 between Děčín and Kadaň.
The vehicles are part of an 11-car order approved by the Sound Transit Board in 2020.
State-owned Vy will take over services on the Sørlandsbanen and Jærbanen after the government decided to transfer the contract directly to the national operator.
The operator reported revenue above EUR 2bn, a 1.7% increase, and EBITDA of EUR 337m.
The first passenger trial operations are planned after vehicle approval, final acceptance and delivery, with regular operation on the first routes planned for October 2026.
The service will run daily in both directions, according to ADY and Azerbaijani media reports citing the operator.
From 31 May, publicly owned operators carry around 80% of passenger journeys that GBR is expected to oversee.
The planned procurement will cover inter-voivodeship and international passenger connections in Poland after 2030, not the purchase of rolling stock or infrastructure works.
RDC Germany will take over the Berlin–Hamburg–Stockholm EuroNight service from 1 September 2026.
The level crossing accident in Buggenhout has claimed at least four lives, including two children.
Rail traffic on line 354 between Poznań and Piła was suspended on 25 May following a collision between a passenger train and a heavy goods vehicle near Rogoźno Wielkopolskie. One person died and more than a dozen were injured in the incident.
The trainset is the first of eight planned for the Seattle–Portland–Vancouver route and part of a nationwide order for 83 Airo trainsets.