Today's Railways Europe 368: October 2026

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The October 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:

Rail Polska: An Innovative Polish Freight Operator: Russell Sharp travels to Silesia for a look behind the scenes at Rail Polska, which has developed its own locos to meet Polish requirements.

100 years of the Furka Oberalp: Toma Bacic and Keith Barrow look back on a century of the remarkable metre gauge railway from Brig to Disentis/Mustér in Switzerland.

Ryttaren Peat Bog Railway: Philip Groves visits Sweden’s only surviving peat bog railway, where volunteers are preserving the heritage of the country’s peat industry.

News stories this month include:

• Virgin secures train paths for international services
• European Sleeper and RDC to launch Malmö–Brussels night train in 2028
• Škoda and Alstom EMUs enter service in Bulgaria
• Italo to launch high speed services to the Netherlands and Belgium
• RENFE Avril high speed trainsets to run in Portugal
• Finland–Sweden services restored
• AutomatedTrain project tests driverless operation
• TGV M introduction delayed again
• Berlin Hbf S-Bahn line opens
• ÖBB unveils Stadler KISS EMU for City Airport Train
• København’s Hovedstadens Letbane light rail line completed
• Madrid metro driverless test runs start
• Düsseldorf Stadtbahn reaches airport
• Eurostar to fit ETCS to e300 sets
• Antwerpen–Köln ICE launched
• Cerbère gauge changing to end
• European Sleeper launches Brussels–Milano service
• Venosta valley electric services start
• More Vectron Dual Mode locos in service in Austria
• Rail Baltica high speed line construction boosts freight traffic
• Eurail pass rebranded as Interrail
• SNCF Infra BB 67400 in decline
• Heatwaves close threatened line in western France
• Rail Baltica station built in Riga for high-speed trains that may never arrive
• Replacement loco-hauled trains cover for Hannover S-Bahn stock shortage
• Hamburg Verbindungsbahn reopens after upgrade
• Improving results for Green Cargo
• Leased Vectrons to replace DB Cargo Scandinavia Class 185s
• Hasselt Class 41 DMU farewell
• SNCB increases service frequencies
• Class 453 EMUs enter service in Madrid as Class 465s head for València
• CD receives final Class 384
• Tendering begins for Wicklow DART extension works
• Winterthur–Bülach–Koblenz line celebrates 150th anniversary

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