Insights from the Tracks: A Comprehensive Overview of Railway Supply Developments

At the recent annual general meeting for Stadler Rail, shareholders gave a thumbs-up too a dividend of SFr0.20 per share.Peter Spuhler continues as Chairman, while Doris Leuthard joins the Compensation Committee. With Barbara Egger-Jenzer and Kurt Rüegg stepping down, the board now consists of eight members: Spuhler, Hans-Peter Schwald, Prof Dr Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Dr Christoph Franz, Danijela Karelse, Wojciech Kostrzewa, Leuthard, and Niko Warbanoff. Spuhler expressed gratitude to shareholders for their confidence during these challenging global times: “Your trust empowers us to innovate high-quality rail vehicles and maintain our market success.”

Titagarh, an indian company known for its railway innovations, has launched a production line dedicated to Vande Bharat sleeper trains at its Kolkata facility.

The global rail investment wave presents meaningful prospects for Vossloh. CEO Oliver Schuster highlighted this at their AGM on May 7. He pointed out that Deutsche Bahn’s pressing need for upgrades poses challenges for Germany’s new government but reassured that Vossloh is prepared to contribute actively towards modernizing the German rail system.

A collaboration between Swiss Federal Railways and IVU Traffic Technologies has reached an important milestone with the completion of a concept phase aimed at implementing IVU.rail software across rolling stock management and staff scheduling. Reto Liechti from SBB noted that this transition will streamline operations by consolidating various outdated systems into one efficient platform—saving resources while enhancing planning flexibility.

The Executive Committee of the European Transport Workers’ federation, in a recent vote, appointed Giorgio Tuti as president following frank Moreels’ transition to lead the International Transport Workers’ Federation. tuti previously served as President of Switzerland’s SEV transport workers’ union from 2009 until now and has been leading ETF’s Railways Section since 2017.

RailWorks, specializing in rail infrastructure progress and technology integration, is now part of the executive committee within the US High Speed Rail Association.

Alstom recently announced Andrew DeLeone as its new Europe Region President effective June 1; he takes over from retiring Gian luca Erbacci. Martin Vaujour will step into DeLeone’s previous role overseeing Africa, Middle East & Central Asia while also joining Alstom’s Executive Committee.

has welcomed Colin Wood onto its Group Executive Committee as Managing Director of Consulting services across UK , Ireland ,and USA . He succeeds Alex Gilbert who is moving on to focus on broader growth initiatives within Amey .