All entries in the Transport & mobility sector, newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/sectors/transport-und-mobility 2026-10-26T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:af5fe12d:en 2026-10-26T06:00:00Z

Swedish family-owned group Stena AB, owner of Stena Line, has agreed to buy Norwegian ferry operator Color Line from Olav Nils Sunde and family. Color Line is to continue as a separate brand with local management and Norwegian-registered ships; completion needs regulatory approval, and the stock exchange notice gives neither price nor timetable (Color Group via Oslo Børs, 26 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/684805 · https://news.cision.com/de/stena-line-deutschland/r/stena-unterzeichnet-vereinbarung-zur-ubernahme-von-color-line,c4415356

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:74e1484b:en 2026-10-21T06:00:00Z

The vehicle Autobuses de Leon, backed by the Cosmen family (CMC Group, Mobico's largest shareholder with 26%) and Spanish fund Asterion, has put a non-binding cash proposal of 46p per share to UK bus operator Mobico. The independent directors are minded to recommend a firm offer on these terms, subject to documentation and due diligence; a firm offer must follow by 5pm London time on 18 Nov 2026 or the bidder walks away. Expansión puts the enterprise value including debt at about €2bn (Mobico, Rule 2.4 announcement, 21 Oct 2026; second source: Expansión, 23 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mobico-group--mcg/statement-re-possible-offer/9833999 · https://www.expansion.com/empresas/transporte/2026/10/23/6ada74a4e5fdead95e8b45d0.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9046d955:en 2026-10-03T06:00:00Z

The supervisory board of ÖBB-Infrastruktur approved on 3 October 2026 the buy-back of Wien Mitte station together with its shopping centre and office space; the railway had sold the property to the Bank Austria group in 2005, and the seller now is an investor group led by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The price is confidential; completion is planned for the end of December 2026, after clearance by the competition authority. With 575 train stops and around 75,000 passengers a day, Wien Mitte is Austria's fourth-largest station (ÖBB via LOK Report, 03.10.2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-gruenes-licht-fuer-den-rueckkauf-des-bahnhofs-wien-mitte-durch-die-oebb.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f62b2040:en 2026-09-12T06:00:00Z

České dráhy ceremonially opened the new repair hall of the Cheb maintenance centre over the weekend of National Railway Day (12/13 September 2026); the three-track, 176-metre hall replaces the previous maintenance centre and cost just under CZK 830 million (approx. EUR 34 million). It was built in 2024–2026 by a consortium of TSS GRADE and BERGER BOHEMIA and will be home depot for ten five-car InterJet trains, serving the Karlovy Vary region and partly Ústí, with ComfortJet overhauls added from October 2027 and the centre taking part, from 2028, in the renewal of the Railjet trains that ÖBB has so far maintained. More staff are planned: in 2027 the railway intends to hire mainly specialists such as mechatronics and electronics technicians; further halls are under construction in Olomouc, Česká Třebová and Hradec Králové, and several billion crowns are earmarked for maintenance facilities up to 2031. The date is a placeholder: the article names only the opening weekend, so its first day is used (LOK Report, 15 Sep 2026; announcement of 7 Aug 2026). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/tschechien/tschechien-ceske-drahy-haben-die-neue-reparaturhalle-des-instandhaltungszentrums-in-cheb-eroeffnet.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/tschechien/tschechien-cheb-feiert-den-nationalen-tag-der-eisenbahn.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:af3432ef:en 2026-09-10T06:00:00Z

ÖBB has built and presented a maintenance hall for its new double-deck fleet in Angerer Strasse in Vienna-Floridsdorf; on around 16,500 m² the new Cityjet and Railjet double-deck trains will be serviced and inspected. The site cost around EUR 100 million and around 150 staff are to work there; Vienna's deputy mayor for economic affairs, Novak, speaks of new high-quality jobs. The hall has eight tracks (seven for maintenance, one for heavy components) and an underfloor whole-train lifting system that raises a six-car train weighing up to 327 tonnes in about three and a half minutes. (LOK Report, 10 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-oebb-praesentieren-neue-servicestelle-fuer-doppelstockflotte-in-wien-floridsdorf.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:29acf6cc:en 2026-09-08T06:00:00Z

BLS expects to need around 40 fewer full-time positions by the end of 2030, to be shed through natural turnover and internal moves wherever possible. The savings package also includes closing the travel centres in Zollikofen, Münsingen, Ins, Hasle-Rüegsau and Seftigen by the end of 2030, less on-board staff on two lines (only spot checks on the RegioExpress Bern–Langnau–Lucerne line from 2028) and less frequent exterior cleaning of trains. These measures are meant to save about CHF 5 million each in 2027 and 2028; the timetable offer is not affected. (LOK Report, 8 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/schweiz/schweiz-bls-senkt-mit-gezielten-massnahmen-kosten.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7186f6b7:en 2026-09-01T06:00:00Z

PKP Intercity has selected INTOP as general contractor for the rebuilding of the stabling yard and the construction of the service centre in Białystok: contract value PLN 37.9 million gross, nine bids, a construction period of at most 14 months from signing, and construction starting in the fourth quarter of 2026; the core is a hall about 60 m long with a maintenance track and inspection pit, plus about 1.4 km of new track for over 50 wagons. The 2025–2030 investment plan provides for further facilities: a complete maintenance plant in Poznań (completion 2028–2029), a comprehensive technical facility in Bydgoszcz (2030), the rebuilding of the existing depot in Katowice (fourth quarter of 2030) and a staged rebuild in Wrocław. New service centres in Przemyśl, Warsaw, Lublin, Łódź and Kraków are also planned, as are almost 100 smaller projects by 2030 worth over PLN 0.5 billion; no figure is given for new jobs. (LOK Report, 1 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/polen/polen-pkp-intercity-baut-seine-instandhaltungsinfrastruktur-aus.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9204cdf5:en 2026-09-01T06:00:00Z

Since 1 September 2026, DSB has been operating GoCollective's former routes in central and western Jutland and the Svendborg line on Funen through its subsidiary DSB Vores Tog, based in Silkeborg, including trains and staff. The basis is an agreement on early contract termination concluded in June 2026 between the Danish transport ministry and GoCollective: GoCollective had reported that it could not pay about DKK 100 million due on 29 June 2026, which would have meant insolvency and a standstill of rail services. Net proceeds from the sale of the trains are EUR 64.14 million, part of which goes to repaying an outstanding EUR 50 million bond; GoCollective continues as a bus and harbour-bus operator. On the Thy line, Midtjyske Jernbaner is to run trains step by step from October 2026 for a limited period as DSB's subcontractor, provided the approvals are in place. (LOK Report, 26 Jun, 17 Aug and 27 Aug 2026; second source: TV 2 Fyn, 1 Sep 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/daenemark/daenemark-dsb-uebernimmt-zugverkehr-und-zuege-von-go-collective-am-1-september-2026.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/daenemark/daenemark-aus-gocollective-wird-dsb-vores-tog.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/daenemark/daenemark-midtjyske-jernbaner-und-dsb-planen-eine-zusammenarbeit-beim-zugbetrieb-auf-der-thybanen.html · https://www.tv2fyn.dk/fyn/dsb-overtager-udskaeldt-togstraekning-4983e

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5dae11e1:en 2026-08-01T06:00:00Z

Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH was fully integrated into DB Regio AG on 1 August 2026, as decided by the DB Regio board at the start of the year, and has since operated under the DB Regio name. The traffic contracts passed to DB Regio and the staff of the regional units were taken over one-to-one into DB Regio's divisions; the aim is more stable and more economical operations, and DB Regio is already backing individual regions with additional train drivers. The reports give no figures on the size of the company or on savings. (LOK Report, 31 Jul 2026; second source: zughalt.de, 11 Aug 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/deutsche-bahn-aus-start-wird-db-regio.html · https://www.zughalt.de/2026/08/start-geht-in-db-regio-ag-auf/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:86a9029d:en 2026-08-01T06:00:00Z

Deutsche Bahn has organisationally dissolved the DB E.C.O. Group, its unit for international project business and engineering services, as of 1 August 2026; this implements its DB 2035 strategy, which refocuses the group on its core business in Germany, and it is winding down its global rail operations step by step. Solutions are being worked out for the remaining operating projects of DB International Operations; abroad, only the engineering and consulting business of DB Engineering & Consulting will remain active, and in the German market it continues its offering unchanged. Former CEO Niko Warbanoff steps down on 1 October 2026; the report gives no staff numbers or locations. (LOK Report, 10 Sep 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/deutsche-bahn-aufloesung-der-db-e-c-o-group-niko-warbanoff-widmet-sich-neuen-aufgaben.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:aedcaba3:en 2026-07-28T06:00:00Z

Stellantis is selling its entire shareholding in the Free2move car-sharing business to Munich-based investor Mutares; the agreement was announced on 28 July 2026. Free2move runs short- and long-term free-floating car sharing through its own app in 14 cities across Europe and the United States and is one of the most geographically diversified car-sharing platforms. The purchase price was not disclosed; closing is expected by the end of 2026 subject to customary conditions. The sale is part of the Stellantis 'FaSTLAne 2030' plan to shed loss-making non-core businesses; Mutares intends to establish Free2move as a new platform in its mobility portfolio and improve fleet management, electrification and customer experience. — Source: https://mutares.com/en/stellantis-announces-agreement-to-sell-free2moves-car-sharing-business-to-mutares/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5638c46d:en 2026-07-15T06:00:00Z

DB Regio receives about EUR 2.64 million from Thuringia's 2021-2027 ERDF programme to modernise and expand its Erfurt depot for servicing battery-electric trains. The plans cover charging infrastructure, adapted equipment and storage for traction batteries and spare parts, ahead of the planned launch of the Central Thuringia battery network on 15 December 2028. For the first time, 13 per cent of Thuringia's rail network will be served by battery trains; the report gives neither total cost nor new jobs (LOK Report, 15 Jul 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/thueringen-ausbau-der-db-regio-werkstatt-erfurt.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6b2fc5dc:en 2026-07-06T06:00:00Z

DB is extending its ICE maintenance depot in Cottbus with Hall 1, over 500 m long (ground-breaking March 2024); at full capacity it creates 1,200 additional industrial and training jobs, and about 700 people work at the depot today. The hall triples overhaul capacity for the ICE 4, and heavy IS 700 maintenance there is to take about three weeks, roughly half the time at other sites. Structural completion is planned for the end of 2026 and the first train is due in February 2027. At the eighth meeting of the task force on 6 July 2026 the schedule was reported as on track; double-tracking of Lübbenau–Cottbus is due to start in December 2026. (LOK Report, 6 Jul 2026; second source: Deutsche Bahn, 6 Jul 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/brandenburg-task-force-bahnstandort-cottbus-kommt-zum-achten-mal-zusammen.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/65438-brandenburg-wartung-von-ice-4-ab-februar-2027-in-cottbus.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/64328-brandenburg-helikopter-setzt-am-12-januar-oberleitungsmasten-am-hauptbahnhof-zum-projekt-neues-werk-cottbus.html · https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/presse-regional/pr-berlin-de/aktuell/presseinformationen/Endspurt-beim-groessten-ICE-Instandhaltungswerk-der-DB-Halle-1-nimmt-Anfang-2027-Betrieb-auf-Task-Force-sieht-weitere-Staerkung-der-Lausitz--13963390

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a82b0e74:en 2026-06-17T06:00:00Z

With the inauguration on 17 June 2026, DSB opened a new maintenance centre in Brabrand near Aarhus for its coming IC5 trains; the investment totals DKK 2.32 billion. The 30-hectare site has a hall of just under 20,000 m² with eight covered tracks (three of them lifting tracks), about nine kilometres of new track and room to maintain more than 80 trainsets; a photovoltaic plant is expected to cover about 60% of annual power use. The depot is to be handed over to Alstom in the coming months, which will maintain the new IC5 fleet, and is DSB's third new train workshop for the switch to electric operation, after those in Copenhagen and Mogenstrup near Næstved (LOK Report, 23 Jun 2026). Update (23 June 2026): DSB inaugurated the IC5 workshop in Brabrand on 17 June 2026; handover to Alstom for maintenance follows in the coming months. (LOK Report, 23 June 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/daenemark/daenemark-die-neue-ic5-werkstatt-der-dsb-in-brabrand-ist-fertiggestellt.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3439915d:en 2026-06-17T06:00:00Z

ODEG and its maintenance subsidiary ODIG are expanding the Parchim depot with a workshop hall, a wash hall and dedicated charging infrastructure for 14 Stadler FLIRT Akku battery trains due to enter service from December 2027 under the West Mecklenburg II contract (December 2025 to December 2040). Total cost is about EUR 18 million, with EUR 10.6 million from the state and up to EUR 1.2 million from the federal government for charging equipment; the hall is due by 2027. The number of new jobs was not given (LOK Report, 17 Jun 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/mecklenburg-vorpommern-land-foerdert-werkstattausbau-am-odeg-gruendungsstandort-parchim.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fa943a1d:en 2026-05-30T06:00:00Z

The freight wagon workshop in Offenburg shut at the end of May 2026, with the last working day for its 30 employees falling at the month-end. It serviced locomotives as well as wagons belonging to major customers such as Mercedes and Badische Stahlwerke. In August 2025 the GDL union had criticised planned job cuts at DB Regio that were to hit ten outlying sites, Offenburg among them (LOK Report, 30 May 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/baden-wuerttemberg-gueterwagenwerkstatt-offenburg-schliesst-dieses-wochenende.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b434deb4:en 2026-05-28T06:00:00Z

The Czech railway České dráhy put a new 67-metre, double-track drive-through hall for the maintenance of regional trains into operation at the Havlíčkův Brod maintenance centre on 28 May 2026; it cost over CZK 235 million (approx. EUR 9.7 million). Its equipment includes inspection pits, roof-access gantries, an overhead crane rated for up to 12.5 tonnes and lifting jacks, and it will mainly service the RegioPanter and RegioFox trains of the Vysočina and Pardubice regions. Almost fifty technicians work on more than 50 vehicles of seven classes at the site; the hall is part of a modernisation programme for the service facilities, and a washing plant costing almost CZK 90 million was opened there in 2023 (LOK Report, 2 Jun 2026). Update (2 June 2026): České dráhy has put its new repair hall at the Havlíčkův Brod maintenance centre into operation. (LOK Report, 2 June 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/tschechien/tschechien-neue-reparaturhalle-fuer-regionalzuege-in-havlickuv-brod.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a1f3936c:en 2026-05-27T06:00:00Z

ÖBB-Technische Services has broken ground on a new service hall in Raimundstrasse in Linz, where electric multiple units for long-distance and regional services will be maintained in future, including the new Cityjet M for Upper Austria. The hall, with a green roof and an area of about 11,000 m², accommodates seven trains on five tracks and is financed by ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG. More than EUR 100 million is being invested, 110 additional people will work at the new site, and commissioning is planned for mid-2028. The date is the day of the report; the article does not give the exact date of the groundbreaking. (LOK Report, 27 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/oesterreich-neue-massstaebe-in-der-zugwartung-spatenstich-fuer-servicestelle-in-linz.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7988ecc7:en 2026-05-15T06:00:00Z

VR has put into operation a new wheelset maintenance centre, Wheel Works, with a modern wheelset lathe in Pieksämäki; Finland now has two such lathes instead of one, which VR says closes a critical gap in security of supply. The new lathe can also machine wheelsets for European standard gauge (1,435 mm), and the centre also makes wheelsets for new wagons and supports wagon building at the site. Large orders under way at the Pieksämäki works include heavy-duty wagons for the Swedish and Norwegian armed forces and roundwood wagons for UPM, and the overhaul of Dosto bogies (ER1) for a Swedish customer starts later this year; the report gives no investment sum. The date is the day of the report; the article does not name the day of commissioning. (LOK Report, 15 May 2026) Update (15 May 2026): VR has put its wheelset maintenance centre in Pieksämäki, including a new wheel lathe, into operation. (LOK Report, 15 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/finnland/finnland-eine-neue-radsatzdrehmaschine-in-pieksaemaeki-auch-fuer-1435-mm-staerkt-die-versorgungssicherheit.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c13473c2:en 2026-05-11T06:00:00Z

On 11 May 2026 DB Regio presented the converted maintenance area at its Kaiserslautern depot, which was turned from a pure diesel workshop into a battery-train site for EUR 6 million (hall extended by 5 m, two new work bays, a battery container, new lifting and wheelset-change systems). It will service 44 Stadler FLIRT battery trains for the Pfalznetz; about 300 drivers are being trained, Stadler expects passenger approval in August and regular service is planned from autumn on Neustadt–Karlsruhe. The state is supporting the electrification of the Pfalznetz with about EUR 33 million (LOK Report, 11 May 2026). Update (11 May 2026): DB Regio's Kaiserslautern depot has been expanded into a maintenance site for the battery trains; passenger service still awaits approval of the trains. (LOK Report, 11 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/rheinland-pfalz-pfalznetz-instandhaltungswerk-und-erste-akkuzuege-fuer-den-einsatz-vorbereitet.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0aa0a3de:en 2026-04-28T06:00:00Z

The state-owned passenger rail operator ZSSK is dismissing about 191 to 200 employees in 2026, around 4% of its workforce, mainly ticket-sales staff as well as administrative and support staff; operational railway positions are unaffected. The process began in April 2026 and is to conclude by the end of the year; the reasons are the digitalisation of ticket sales, declining use of ticket offices and fiscal consolidation pressure (Eurofound European Restructuring Monitor, April 2026). — Source: https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300355

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:376b6fdd:en 2026-04-21T06:00:00Z

BlaBlaCar announced on 21 April 2026 that it intends to shut its loss-making bus business in France and has opened an information and consultation procedure with its works council; if the plan is confirmed, the group could withdraw completely from the market for liberalised long-distance coach services from 4 January 2027. 40 jobs are to go immediately; BlaBlaCar cites structural economic difficulties and recurring, substantial operating losses, but wants to stay active as a marketplace for independent coach companies. The road-haulage association OTRE warns of consequences for around 60 subcontractors that run lines for BlaBlaCar Bus, and FlixBus would be left without competition. (LOK Report, 23 Apr 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/frankreich/frankreich-blablacar-bus-hoert-auf-was-wird-aus-flixbus.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e3663e35:en 2026-04-17T06:00:00Z

Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) has started building its new depot (Am Volkspark site) in Brühl-Vochem with a ceremonial first spade-cut and is investing about EUR 7 million in it. Around 180 employees of its Infrastructure and Maintenance division, currently spread across Cologne-Godorf, Wesseling and Brühl-Vochem, are to work together at the site; no new jobs are announced. Construction has been under way since the first quarter of 2026 and handover is planned for summer 2027; HGK operates about 250 km of its own track around Cologne, which also carries Stadtbahn lines 16 and 18 (LOK Report, 17 Apr 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/industrie/hgk-startschuss-fuer-den-neuen-betriebshof.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5956909d:en 2026-04-10T06:00:00Z

RegioJet announced on 10 April 2026 that it will end its Polish domestic services Kraków–Warsaw–Gdynia and Poznań–Warsaw on 3 May 2026; passengers are to be refunded by 15 April 2026 and can claim PLN 100 compensation. The operator entered the Polish market on 18 September 2025 with a Kraków–Warsaw train and, by its own account, blames obstruction by PKP Intercity and its parent PKP SA, including price cuts of up to 70% by PKP Intercity, a blocked depot in Warsaw-Praga bought at auction on 7 August 2025 and a lack of sales points at stations. The international services Przemyśl–Kraków–Prague and Warsaw–Prague continue; owner Radim Jančura does not rule out a return under fair market conditions, and the report gives no staff numbers. (LOK Report, 10 Apr 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/polen/polen-tschechien-regiojet-beendet-inlandverbindungen-in-polen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b84ec7c6:en 2026-04-09T06:00:00Z

A consortium led by Gotlandsbolaget (54% of the acquisition vehicle) is buying 30% of Nordic Ferry Infrastructure from EQT for about €510m; EQT keeps 70%. The company runs ferry routes with about 3,200 staff and had 2024 revenue of NOK 9.0bn (Gotlandsbolaget, 9 April 2026). Update (8 July 2026): the European Commission cleared the deal as case M.12388 (European Commission, Daily News, 8 July 2026). Update (26 August 2026): the purchase has been completed as planned (Shippax, 26 August 2026). — Sources: https://mfn.se/a/gotlandsbolaget/gotlandsbolaget-enters-into-an-agreement-to-become-minority-owner-of-nordic-ferry-infrastructure · https://www.shippax.com/en/news/gotlandsbolagets-operating-result-holds-steady-as-fueleu-maritime-credits-offset-weaker-passenger-volumes.aspx · https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_1557

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9bd27ed7:en 2026-03-20T06:00:00Z

Trenitalia France is leasing a rail site from SNCF Réseau for 35 years in Maisons-Alfort (Pompadour, Île-de-France) and plans to build a maintenance centre for high-speed trains there; the total investment is about EUR 80 million, and the facility is due to enter service by the end of 2029. It is to operate around the clock, with three tracks for servicing three trains at once plus washing, cleaning and stabling facilities, and at full capacity will hold up to 25 trains; it is also meant to support the future Frecciarossa services between Paris and London through the Channel Tunnel. Construction and operation will create about 100 jobs, according to FS, including positions at partner companies. (LOK Report, 20 Mar 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/frankreich/frankreich-grossbritannien-italien-neues-wartungszentrum-in-paris-fuer-trenitalia-france-um-nach-london-zu-fahren.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:70dc00a2:en 2026-03-02T06:00:00Z

The Czech rail infrastructure manager Správa železnic is cutting 121 jobs, mainly in administration and management, as part of a restructuring under its new director general Tomáš Tóth; staff working in operations are not affected. The management structure is being simplified from April, spending on marketing, IT and legal services falls by 20 %, and annual savings are to total CZK 335.6 million (approx. EUR 14 million). The 21 operating districts are being placed under the central control centres in Prague and Přerov, the preparation of public contracts is being centralised and opened up to smaller and foreign bidders, and the money freed up is to go mainly into preparing investment projects. The date is the date of the report; the article does not give the date of the announcement (LOK Report, 2 Mar 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/tschechien/65493-tschechien-umfassende-umstrukturierung-von-sprava-zeleznic-mit-abbau-von-121-stellen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:84c92ef5:en 2026-02-24T06:00:00Z

Straßenbahn Herne – Castrop-Rauxel (51%) and Transdev (49%) have founded a joint company to operate a future urban cable car in Herne. The line of about one kilometre is to link Herne-Wanne-Eickel main station with the former Blumenthal XI colliery site and would be Germany's first cable car integrated into the local transport network, running under the brand Blumenthal Airline. The city council is expected to decide on the tender in summer 2026; no opening date is given (LOK Report, 24 Feb 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/65380-nrw-transdev-gruendet-mit-stadt-herne-seilbahngesellschaft-fuer-blumenthal-airline.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c004ab48:en 2026-02-12T06:00:00Z

Newrest, the ÖBB's contractor for ticket checks and service on Nightjet trains, is dismissing up to 30 employees at its Zurich site; the whole travelling staff of the Zurich Nightjet unit is affected. After the legally required consultation, the company is ready to agree measures resembling a social plan with the SEV union, including severance pay of 1.5 monthly salaries, a notice period for train staff extended by one month to 30 April 2026 and higher allowances in March and April. The SEV calls the dismissals management failure and the compensation necessary but limited. (LOK Report, 12 Feb 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/schweiz/65103-schweiz-newrest-entlaesst-nachtzugpersonal-in-zuerich.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:7d01aa26:en 2026-02-11T06:00:00Z

VR's extraordinary general meeting resolved on 9 October 2025 to hand all shares in the rolling stock company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto (book value EUR 15.1 million) to the Finnish state as a return of capital; ownership passed on 1 November 2025. On 11 February 2026 VR and the company signed the sale of the fleet used in state-contracted passenger services for about EUR 250 million in total: phase 1 (expected to complete on 2 March 2026) covers the commuter fleet including the upcoming Sm7 trains, Kiskobussi railcars and night-train carriages, while phase 2 follows later in 2026 with newly ordered night-train and car-carrier wagons; the night-train locomotives are still to be decided. VR passes part of the purchase price on to the state as a return of capital in 2026, which keeps the restructuring financially neutral for VR, and remains operator until the end of 2030; the aim is equal market access for all passenger operators. (LOK Report, 13 Oct 2025 and 23 Feb 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/finnland/65330-finnland-vr-verkauft-zugmaterial-fuer-den-staatlich-bestellten-verkehr-an-die-rollmaterialverwaltung-suomen-ostoliikennekalusto.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/finnland/62168-finnland-der-gesamte-aktienbestand-der-rollmaterialverwaltung-suomen-ostoliikennekalusto-oy-geht-an-den-finnischen-staat-ueber.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:09546cd4:en 2026-02-06T06:00:00Z

SBB has opened a hall extension of about 6,500 m² with six work bays at its Olten works; construction took roughly two years and the official opening was on 6 February 2026. Exterior surfaces of trains can be painted, bonded, ground, welded and sandblasted there, and a transfer table with a transport bridge plus an air-conditioned bonding track make the facility unique in Switzerland so far. It plays a key role in renewing the Zurich S-Bahn fleets (69 Regio-Dosto and 61 double-deck multiple units), which are to stay in service seven years longer; more than CHF 500 million is being invested in total. (LOK Report, 6 Feb 2026) Update (6 February 2026): SBB officially opened the hall extension in Olten on 6 February 2026; painting, welding and blasting take place at six new bays. (LOK Report, 6 February 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/schweiz/64963-schweiz-die-sbb-eroeffnet-schweizweit-einzigartige-instandhaltungshalle-in-olten.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6d6d84fa:en 2026-02-05T06:00:00Z

According to trade union statements, the Slovak owner Tatravagonka has decided to end all business activity at the Zagreb rail vehicle maker by June 2026; the roughly 300 employees are to be made redundant with severance pay, and it is open whether a small team will stay on to look after the idle site. The fate of contracts running until 2032 and the future maintenance of vehicles of the railway company HŽ Putnički prijevoz are also unclear. The source does not say whether the shutdown has actually taken place (Croatia Week, 5 Feb 2026, citing Dnevnik.hr). — Source: https://www.croatiaweek.com/gredelj-rail-factory-closure-croatia-2026/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:40509285:en 2026-01-22T06:00:00Z

Network Rail plans to cut about 5% of its workforce, mainly in the lower management pay bands 1 to 4; according to the article the restructuring affects around 41,000 lower-management employees, and individual consultations have begun. The background is the Department for Transport's requirement to stay within the £3.9 billion (about €4.5 billion) budget for the 2024–2029 funding period, and reallocations in favour of data and safety systems, lifts, escalators and passenger information at stations. The RMT union had agreed a pay deal with a 3.8% rise a week earlier; there was no union reaction yet to the job cuts (LOK Report, 22 Jan 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/grossbritannien/64596-grossbritannien-network-rail-kuendigt-entlassungen-an.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fdf32f6f:en 2026-01-16T06:00:00Z

On 16 January 2026 SNCB inaugurated a new hall at its traction workshop in Ostend, investing EUR 47 million. The hall is 200 m long, 18 m wide and 13 m high with two drive-through tracks, so long trains can be serviced in one piece and up to four fit inside; it is complemented by a 370 m outdoor inspection pit with a pantograph platform, cleaning platforms, an industrial signalling system and new shunting vehicles. Construction began in 2020 and the hall entered service at the end of 2025; it is SNCB's fifth new large hall after Arlon, Hasselt, Kinkempois and Melle, and the site employs about 250 people and handles almost 400 trains and locomotives a month. About ten hires are planned for 2026, and the 2023–2032 investment plan earmarks EUR 1.4 billion for workshops. (LOK Report, 21 Jan 2026) Update (21 January 2026): SNCB's new maintenance hall in Ostend went into service at the end of 2025 and was inaugurated on 16 January 2026. (LOK Report, 21 January 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/belgien/64564-belgien-die-sncb-weiht-eine-neue-halle-in-ihrer-werkstatt-in-ostende-nach-dem-pitstop-prinzip-ein.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d2040357:en 2025-12-29T06:00:00Z

The FS group and Certares have agreed a strategic partnership that provides for a joint venture and an investment in Trenitalia France and is meant to support a EUR 1 billion investment plan in France and the United Kingdom; the report names no transaction value. Trenitalia France, which serves Paris–Lyon, Paris–Marseille and Paris–Milan and has carried more than 4.7 million passengers so far, plans to expand its fleet to at least 19 trains, develop a new maintenance centre near Paris, offer up to 28 trips a day to Lyon and start Paris–London services by 2029. Hundreds of new jobs are planned; Certares, which is active in travel distribution through its holdings, brokers sales agreements with its portfolio companies. (LOK Report, 29 Dec 2025; second source: FS Italiane, 29 Dec 2025) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/frankreich/64169-frankreich-grossbritannien-italien-trenitalia-france-will-nach-london-fahren.html · https://www.fsitaliane.it/en/media/press-releases/2025/12/29/fs_group_certares_partnership_development_high_speed_international.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0a9fc27c:en 2025-12-22T06:00:00Z

The fund EQT Active Core Infrastructure I has agreed to acquire 100% of A-Train AB from its current shareholders; A-Train runs the Arlanda Express, which links Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 18 minutes, and holds usage and operating rights until 2050 under a public-private partnership with the state. The report gives no price; EQT says it will back A-Train's ongoing SEK 3 billion (EUR 280 million) investment programme for a new high-speed fleet by about 2030, which raises seating capacity by more than 50%, and plans a more flexible pricing model. Completion is subject to regulatory approvals and the consent of Arlandabanan Infrastructure AB. (LOK Report, 22 Dec 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/schweden/64078-schweden-eqt-uebernimmt-a-train-betreiber-des-arlanda-express.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:27c35594:en 2025-12-18T06:00:00Z

ÖBB Technische Services has broken ground on a 127-metre service hall with three tracks for Interregio and regional trains in Salzburg's Lastenstrasse. About EUR 50 million is being invested, financed by ÖBB-Personenverkehr; 50 new jobs are created, bringing the Salzburg workshops to 150 employees. Commissioning is planned for December 2027, and a photovoltaic plant is expected to produce more than 300 MWh a year (LOK Report, 18 Dec 2025). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/63992-oesterreich-spatenstich-fuer-zug-servicestelle-in-salzburg.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b5b3f494:en 2025-12-18T06:00:00Z

The State of Baden-Württemberg, the city of Pforzheim and the Enzkreis district have joined the KVV as shareholders, merging the area of the Pforzheim-Enzkreis transport association (VPE) into it; the accession was notarised on 18 December 2025 and the new structure started work with the supervisory board meeting on 20 January 2026. The association now covers almost 2 million people over more than 4,000 km2; a single fare system is currently planned for December 2026 (LOK Report, 21 Jan 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/64591-baden-wuerttemberg-kvv-waechst-ein-nahverkehrsraum-fuer-knapp-2-millionen-menschen-von-der-pfalz-bis-vor-die-tore-stuttgarts.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1e4ac533:en 2025-12-04T06:00:00Z

On 4 Dec 2025 the VVO general assembly agreed to merge with the ZVON into the new special-purpose association Verkehrsverbund Ostsachsen (ZVVO), due to start on 1 January 2026. It covers the districts of Bautzen, Görlitz, Meissen and Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains plus Dresden and Görlitz, with 1.6 million inhabitants. The ZVVO held its inaugural meeting in Bautzen on 21 January 2026; the two operating companies are to be merged by year-end, a joint tariff will take about two years to develop, and the new network is to replace diesel with battery-hybrid trains. (LOK Report, 21 Jan 2026) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/64588-sachsen-verkehrsverbund-ostsachsen-startet-in-jahr-des-uebergangs.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/63584-sachsen-signal-auf-gruen-fuer-neuen-verkehrsverbund-ostsachsen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:73951fe9:en 2025-12-03T06:00:00Z

By 2027 DB Systemtechnik is building an innovation lab at its Minden site, where, together with Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Bielefeld University, it will test sensor and perception systems for partly and fully automated train operation and qualify them for approval. The test facilities are to simulate, among other things, movements of passengers, bicycles or animals as well as snow, fog, rain and changing light conditions; DB Systemtechnik builds the infrastructure, and the three universities each procure and install a test rig. The TestingATO project is funded within the German Centre for Mobility of the Future by the federal transport ministry with about EUR 11.5 million; the report does not give a construction start. (LOK Report, 3 Dec 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/verkehr/63556-deutsche-bahn-innovationslabor-fuer-automatisiertes-fahren-entsteht-in-minden.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:71538b92:en 2025-11-01T06:00:00Z

Thurbo and SBB opened the expanded and modernised service facility in Weinfelden on 1 November 2025; Thurbo invested CHF 18.4 million in it, and SBB maintains the regional operator's trains there under contract. The timber-built hall has grown by about 30 m to just over 100 m in length and carries a photovoltaic system with 866 modules that generates almost 400 MWh of electricity a year. All 329 new Flirt Evo trains for SBB, RegionAlps and Thurbo are to be commissioned in Weinfelden (procurement volume about CHF 2 billion); the first Thurbo trains are due to enter service during 2026 and replace the GTW fleet, which will be retired by the mid-2030s. Up to 30 SBB specialists will work at the site in future. (LOK Report, 31 Oct 2025) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/schweiz/62694-schweiz-sbb-und-thurbo-eroeffnen-serviceanlage-weinfelden-tag-der-offenen-tuer.html · https://www.thurbo.ch/tdot

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6a1c4583:en 2025-10-30T06:00:00Z

On 30 October 2025 DB took over LEAG's recently modernised training workshop in Jänschwalde, part of a cooperation agreed in 2020 between the two groups to support structural change in Lusatia. More than 300 apprentices train there, rising to 310 in 2026 and 350 for the 2027 intake, and they are meant to work at the Cottbus ICE depot among other places. At more than 5,700 m² it is the largest training workshop in the region, and apprentices from other Lusatian firms train there too. (LOK Report, 30 Oct 2025) Update (30 October 2025): Deutsche Bahn has formally taken over LEAG's training workshop in Jänschwalde. (LOK Report, 30 October 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/62658-brandenburg-bahn-uebernimmt-ausbildungswerkstatt-in-jaenschwalde.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d1b59962:en 2025-10-20T06:00:00Z

DB InfraGO is acquiring the hitherto municipal Tegernsee-Bahn Betriebsgesellschaft, operator of the 12.4 km line from Schaftlach to Tegernsee; agreement has been reached with the existing shareholders (the municipality of Gmund, the town of Tegernsee and Miesbach district), and DB's management board has approved the purchase. The parties agreed to keep the details of the purchase confidential and no price is given; the 14 employees stay on in the company, which remains independent and will in future be run by DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur. DB intends to modernise the line with federal and state funds and to electrify it like the other Oberland lines, and train radio and signalling at Gmund and Tegernsee are also to be digitised; the previous operator lacked the staff and funds for this, and a report of 10 Oct 2025 had already speculated about a sale and named the end of the decade for electrifying the Oberland network. (LOK Report, 10 Oct and 20 Oct 2025) — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/62372-bayern-db-infrago-ag-kauft-tegernsee-bahn-betriebsgesellschaft-mbh.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/62129-bayern-vt-27-der-tag-auf-sonderfahrt-verkauf-der-tegernseebahn-beschlossen.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3b403529:en 2025-10-14T06:00:00Z

Construction of ICE City began on 14 October 2025 on the former freight yard in Erfurt, a roughly 30-hectare district east of the main station. DB is putting around EUR 250 million into the scheme, about EUR 110 million of it for the DB Campus; plans include two office buildings for some 1,500 staff, a storage and welfare building for DB InfraGO, a guest house for 300 people and a neighbourhood car park. The six-storey timber-hybrid Haus 1 is due in September 2027 and the central campus building by 2029; new jobs are not quantified (LOK Report, 4 Sep 2026; construction start 14 Oct 2025). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/thueringen-ice-city-erfurt-und-db-campus-nehmen-gestalt-an.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/62235-thueringen-baubeginn-fuer-ice-city-in-erfurt.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b5bafb0a:en 2025-10-10T06:00:00Z

ÖBB Technische Services has completed the last expansion stage of its Innsbruck maintenance centre, which services regional and long-distance trains in western Austria. The centrepiece is a 285 m hall with six tracks, three each for long-distance and regional trains (including Railjet, Nightjet and Cityjet), built while the site stayed in operation. ÖBB invested around EUR 70 million in total, around 50 new jobs are created (about 130 at the site) and an apprentice workshop for about 150 trainees is on site. (LOK Report, 10 Oct 2025) Update (10 October 2025): The ÖBB Technische Services workshop in Innsbruck is in operation with its final expansion stage; about 130 people work at the site. (LOK Report, 10 October 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/oesterreich/62134-oesterreich-oebb-eroeffnen-letzte-ausbaustufe-bei-ts-innsbruck.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0c130800:en 2025-10-10T06:00:00Z

On 10 October 2025, during a visit to Renfe's new high-speed workshop Fuencarral II in Madrid, Transport Minister Óscar Puente presented a workshop and maintenance plan for 2025–2030 worth €1 billion. It covers more than 60 planned workshops (ten of them already under construction or in the project stage), new sites in Almería, Irun and La Sagra among others, and three spare-parts logistics centres. The 18,900 m² Fuencarral II hall cost almost €100 million, doubles maintenance capacity for standard-gauge trains and was due to enter service before the end of 2025; new processes are meant to cut workshop times by 29% (LOK Report, 24 Oct 2025; second source: La Moncloa, 10 Oct 2025). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/spanien/62338-spanien-1-mrd-eur-zur-modernisierung-der-wartungswerkstaetten-von-renfe.html · https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/serviciosdeprensa/notasprensa/transportes-movilidad-sostenible/paginas/2025/101025-puente-talleres-renfe-millones.aspx