Today's Railways Europe 365: July 2026

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The July 2026 issue of Today’s Railways Europe contains all the latest railway news from mainland Europe, plus our regular features and a selection of interesting and informative articles. Brought to you by our team of informed correspondents based throughout the European continent. 

Feature articles this month include:

Poland Prepares for a High-Speed Future: With long-distance rail travel booming, Poland is preparing for the start of construction of the national high-speed network centred on a hub at a new international airport west of Warszawa. Mike Bent examines the details of this ambitious programme and Poland’s long journey to high-speed rail.

Rail centres: Debrecen: Part 1: The Main Line Network: Ferenc Joó explores the railways of Hungary’s second largest city, where freight traffic is growing and many lines still see regular loco-hauled trains.

Steaming Through Flanders: Quintus Vosman visits Stoomtrein Maldegem-Eeklo, which has developed over four decades into one of Belgium’s premier heritage railways.

Arth-Goldau: Gateway to the Gotthard: Jason Sargerson visits this busy Swiss junction, where lines from Zug and Rapperswil meet the Gotthard route and the Rigi Bahnen rack railway.

News stories this month include:

• Berlin–Oslo ICE L service to start in 2028
• TGV M to enter service in September
• Alstom to close Kassel loco factory?
• Four die in Belgian school bus crossing collision
• Berlin Stadtbahn to close for six months
• GoVolta to launch Amsterdam–Antwerpen–Paris service
• First MI20 EMU for Paris RER Line B revealed
• Stadler trains ordered for Dublin–Belfast service
• Work starts on Paris tram-train Line T13 extension
• Alstom to modernise Lausanne metro Line M2
• Semi-automatic operation for Madrid metro Line 6
• Belgian PCC trams in decline
• Trams to return to Turku
• Fehmarn Belt tunnel delayed
• Spain–Portugal “Rail Motorway” service to expand
• Head-on collision in Denmark
• KÁRPÁT Vasút acquires GYSEV “Ludmillas”
• Fractured wheel halts Swedish X2000 fleet
• Swedish Class X80 EMUs enter service
• Final ETR.463 Pendolinos withdrawn
• Dunboyne–Navan preferred route revealed
• Cork suburban electrification consultation
• RENFE and ADIF to merge?
• Spanish Class 453 EMUs on test
• SNCF Voyageurs launches tenders for night train stock
• CD Class 854 farewell
• Trains return to the Owl Mountains after 49 years
• Mittelsachsen BEMUs enter service as electrification is delayed
• Rotterdam Rail Feeding sells ex-NS Class 1600 locos
• Wien S-Bahn modernisation enters final phase
• NVBS marks 60 years of NS Plan V EMUs 
• Swedish electrification centenary special

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