The 160 km route is fully closed from 10 July to 12 December 2026 while works are carried out on track, stations, signalling, overhead line equipment and civil structures.
The decision follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in early June 2026.
The agreement opens a co-development phase of up to 30 months.
Deutsche Bahn has revised the Stuttgart 21 commissioning schedule after an internal audit identified serious failures in planning and project control. The new main station is now expected to open in December 2031.
Brabrand is the third new workshop DSB has built for its shift from diesel to electric operation.
Alstom has broken ground on a new manufacturing site in Matosinhos that will support its contract to supply 153 commuter and regional trains to CP.
Poland has presented its first comprehensive long-term railway development plan, covering 4,700 kilometres of new lines and 19 strategic corridors.
DB InfraGO will begin the Lehrte–Berlin corridor renewal on 2 October 2026, with long-distance trains between Berlin and Hannover facing longer journey times.
Construction is due to begin in December 2026 and finish by the end of 2029.
Local and regional services will return to the regular timetable, and replacement buses will be withdrawn.
The project doubled the terminal area to around 36,000 m² and increased capacity for containers and semi-trailers.
DB InfraGO will reopen the Hamburg–Berlin corridor on 14 June after completing major renewal works on one of Germany’s busiest intercity routes.
The initial construction phase covers plan approval section between Riegel and March, north of Freiburg, as part of the Karlsruhe–Basel upgrade.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has received 11 bids in the tender for the design and construction of road links around the future airport. The contracts cover approximately 90 km of new and upgraded roads, with a total value exceeding PLN 1.7 billion, or around €400 million.
The Port Authority of Tarragona has awarded COSCO and Argentinian port-based solutions PTP Group a long-term concession to develop a new intermodal terminal combining port and rail operations at Tarragona.
This step is continuation of the modernisation of one of the country’s main freight corridors linking the southern Port of Algeciras with the national rail network.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has launched a tender for traction substations that will power future high-speed rail lines from Warsaw to Łódź and Wrocław.
The contract is valued at EUR 677.1m excluding VAT, with works scheduled to last five years and 10 months after signature.
The first element of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is to be sunk
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has launched a second construction tender for Poland’s first high-speed rail line between Warsaw and Łódź.