The troubled Stuttgart 21 project hit a new hurdle on November 19 as the planned phased opening, from December 2026, has been cancelled.

Brazilian private operator Trivia Trens, a subsidiary of the Comporte group, has awarded a €500m 24-year fleet maintenance contract to CAF.

Adif AV has awarded €126.5m contracts to Hitachi Rail and Sistem to install signalling on the Madrid - Extremadura high-speed line.

Netherlands Railways has signed a 10-year framework contract with Stadler for a fleet of Flirt Flex EMUs, based on the Flirt4 platform.

Spanish transport minister Óscar Puente has unveiled a project to raise the maximum speed on the Madrid - Barcelona high-speed line to 350km/h.

The European Commission is to investigate the bid to build the Violet Line in Lisbon with CRRC as a subcontractor for illegal foreign state subsidy.

The Egyptian government has confirmed a 15-year operating contract for the country’s high-speed network with DB IO and Elsewedy Electric.

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Egyptian National Railways has signed a $US 211.3m contract with Advanced Power Dynamics of Canada to upgrade 180 diesel freight locomotives.

The second section of Montreal’s Metropolitan Express Network (REM) officially opened to the public on November 17.

ERA has granted Siemens Mobility type authorisation for the upgrade of Eurosprinter ES64F4 locomotives to ETCS Baseline 3.4.

The Colombian government has agreed to co-fund the Pesos 15.4 trillion ($US 4.1bn) 49km Northern RegioTram project focused on Bogotá.