Once completed, the 111-kilometre new route between Karlovac and Tijani is expected to shorten the overall journey by 56 kilometres.
On 16 September 2025, Panama and France signed a declaration of intent to cooperate on the development of the proposed Panama–David–Frontera railway line.
Overall, 43% of the Rail Baltica mainline is projected to be construction-ready by the end of 2025.
Excavation of the exploratory tunnel beneath the Brenner Pass has reached the border between Austria and Italy, completing its 56 km length.
The investment, worth nearly PLN 398 million (approx. € 90.4 million), is co-financed through Poland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Completion is scheduled for the second half of 2026.
Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has approved the clearing of 261 hectares of jungle near Cancun to allow for construction of a new cargo terminal for the Mayan Train project.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2028, following a five-year construction timeline that began with infrastructure works in 2023.
The investment will be financed through a loan from the European Investment Bank.
The Gądki terminal of METRANS in Poland undergoes multi-stage rebuild.
Nearly 1,000 trains pass through Warszawa Wschodnia daily, including around 280 long-distance and 670 regional services.
Iran’s Ministry of Transport has confirmed that a contract for the Tehran–Mashhad high-speed rail line is close to being finalised, with the signing expected during the Iranian president’s upcoming trip to Beijing.
Rail traffic between Pistoia and Montecatini Terme will resume on Monday, 15 September 2025, following the completion of double-track construction on this section of the Florence–Pistoia–Viareggio line.
On 16 August 2025, the Uvinza–Musongati railway section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was officially launched during a ceremony held in Musongati, Rutana Province, Burundi.
The project will be executed under a design-and-build model and is expected to be completed by June 2026.
Rail Baltica’s construction phase is underway across the three Baltic nations, with about 43 percent of the mainline projected to be construction-ready by the end of 2025.
The upgrade is intended to support passenger and freight traffic for the next 25 years, particularly in anticipation of increased volumes following the opening of the Divača–Koper second track.
Construction work on the connection between the Madrid–Barcelona and Madrid–Levante high-speed lines has passed the halfway stage, according to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Planning for the reactivation of the Mainschleifenbahn line between Volkach and Würzburg is moving ahead, with the federal government agreeing to take over the costs for reconstruction at Seligenstadt station.
The final design for the Strait of Messina Bridge has been approved by Italy’s Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development (CIPESS).
From 2026, the Passau–Nuremberg corridor will be closed for renovation, followed by the Salzburg–Rosenheim (Deutsches Eck) corridor.