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Tracción Rail and Continental Rail win locomotive leasing contract with Adif train driver

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 1h

Adif awards the contract to the joint venture formed by Tracción Rail and Continental Rail for the leasing of locomotives with driver for maintenance work on the RFIG.

The contract is worth 5.65 million euros.

Alstom elects Martin Sion as its new CEO

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 2h

Henri Poupart-Lafarge already has a successor at Alstom. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Martin Sion as the new CEO, who will take up the position on 1 April 2026.

The current CEO ruled out continuing in office for another term.

Alstom elects Martin Sion as its new CEO

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 3h

Henri Poupart-Lafarge has already taken over at Alstom. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Martin Sion as the new CEO, who will take office on 1 April 2026.

The current CEO ruled out continuing in office for another term.

Spanish Congress approves the Sustainable Mobility Law

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 6h

The Spanish Congress of Deputies has approved the Sustainable Mobility Law in extremis this afternoon, which will now go to the Senate.

It will most likely be rejected by the Upper House and return to Congress, where it will need 176 votes in favour.

Helsinki orders 63 Tango Nordic trams from Stadler

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 19h

The public transport operator of the Helsinki metropolitan area chooses Stadler to supply up to 183 trams, with a firm order for 63 units.

They will replace the Valmet trams of the 1970s and 1980s.

Europe's Rail JU launches 2025-02 call with 148.2 million euros

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 21h

Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking is launching the 2025-02 call for proposals for innovative projects. It will fund them with a total of €148.2 million.

The online info day will be held this Friday.

TfL chooses Indra to manage London's public transport ticketing

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 22h

Transport for London (TfL) has chosen Indra to manage ticketing and ticket control for London's public transport system until 2034. Cubic Transportation Systems, the current contractor, has appealed the decision.

El contrato durará hasta 2034, aunque se podrá prorrogar hasta 2039.

Adif AV awards the contract for the drafting of the Seville-Huelva High Speed Railway projects

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 1d

Adif Alta Velocidad awards the contract for the drafting of the construction projects for the Seville-Huelva high-speed line. The contract is divided into 5 lots and has a total cost of 31.4 million euros.

Travel time will be reduced to only 25 minutes.

Renfe formalises the leasing of Talgo VIs to Leo Express

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 1d

Two months after the transfer of the first train, Renfe announces the leasing of 3 Talgo VI trainsets to Leo Express. They will be used, among others, the Prague-Bratislava route.

The trains were in use in Spain until December 2024.

Renfe closed 2024 on the brink of profitability

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 1d

Good economic news for Renfe, which closed 2024 with a net loss of only 2.9 million euros compared to 121.5 million euros in 2023. During the first half of 2025 the figures have been worse.

EBIT in 2024 amounts to EUR 68.6 million.

Ouigo Spain to increase trains on its three corridors from 14 December

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 3d

This Thursday, Ouigo will put tickets on sale for travel until 2 August. With the entry into force of the new service timetable, the offer will be extended to Barcelona, Murcia, Seville and Malaga.

It will expand capacity by an average of 14% on four routes.

Adif reorganises its structure to improve passenger orientation

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 3d

Adif's Board of Directors reorganises the company's structure. The DG of Business and Customers becomes the DG of Passengers and Business Development.

Salvador Almenar, until now dircom, is the new director of the President's Office.

Cercanías Madrid increased its passenger numbers in September by 8.5%

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 5d

Despite the end of free travel passes, in September Cercanías Madrid exceeded the number of passengers in September 2024 and even in the same month of 2019.

Work on line 6 of the Madrid metro and on the A-5 motorway, the main causes of the increase.

Iryo simplifies fares and harms flexibility

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 6d

Iryo, the only Spanish high-speed operator with private capital, simplifies its fares and worsens conditions. From now on it offers 4 types of tickets divided into 2 classes instead of 6 fares.

They are effective as of today.

Metrovalencia is once again allowing people to travel with a bicycle

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 6d

From 1 October, non-folding and non-electric bicycles can once again be carried on Metrovalencia's surface sections.

FGV allows it again after re-establishing the service throughout the network.

Stadler and FAL present Europe's first battery-powered narrow gauge train

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 7d

Stadler and Ferrovie Appulo Lucane presented Europe's first battery-powered narrow-gauge train at EXPO Ferroviaria.

It will enter service at the end of 2026.

Talgo makes a loss in the first half of the year due to the reduction of ICE L orders

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 7d

The reduction from 79 to 60 ICE L trains by Deutsche Bahn and litigation in the United States lead Talgo to a negative EBIDA of 16.5 million in the first half of 2025.

Without the extraordinary events, it would have made a profit of 23.4 million.

London DLR debuts new B23 trains manufactured by CAF

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 7d

The new London Docklands Light Railway trains, manufactured by CAF, begin to enter service. They will renew and expand the rolling stock.

They will replace trains of the B90, B92 and B2K series.

CAF celebrates the production of its 1,000th Urbos tram

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 8d

The Spanish manufacturer CAF is celebrating a thousand trams built in less than 20 years, since the launch of its Urbos platform. It runs in 38 cities in 19 countries.

It consolidates its world leadership in the production of this type of vehicle.

Adif submits capacity offer for the second phase of liberalisation

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 8d

Adif and Adif AV send to interested operators the framework capacity offer proposal to compete in the so-called "second phase" of liberalisation.

The system of parcels of furrows will be extended to Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia, Cadiz and Huelva.

Spain will increase the capacity of the Malaga C-1 by 60%

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 8d

The Secretary General for Sustainable Mobility, Sara Hernández, presents the actions that will improve the capacity and frequency of the Malaga Cercanías C-1.

Platforms will be extended to allow 100 m trains and some sections will be doubled.

ÖBB confirms cancellation of Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienna night flights

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 9d

Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienna night trains will run for the last time on 13 December. France confirms the withdrawal of the subsidy due to SNCF's lack of commitment.

Trains have good occupancy, but are not profitable due to lack of supply and promotion.

Jean Castex, nominated to be the next SNCF president

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Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 9d

Emmanuel Macron proposes the appointment of former prime minister Jean Castex, known for his passion for railways, as president of the SNCF. He will take over from Jean-Pierre Farandou.

El nombramiento debe ser aprobado por el Parlamento.

Line 6 of the Madrid metro runs out of reinforcement trains

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 12d

With the changeover of line 6 to 1,500 V, Metro de Madrid is left without trains to reinforce the fleet of 30 8000 trains until the new trains arrive.

There are no trains compatible with the new voltage and safety and automatic driving system.