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Hungary unveiled a €9.76bn national rail investment plan on July 22, 2026, focused on tram-trains, battery multiple units and metro extensions. New rolling stock procurement and infrastructure modernisation are central to the Gábor Baross Railway Development Plan to 2035.

India and Japan will operate domestically manufactured high-speed trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor using globally interoperable signalling technology. Civil works on the 97 km Surat-Vapi section are due in 2026, with testing of indigenous bullet trains planned by mid-2027.

London's Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will close from July 26 to August 16, 2026, for a £20 million engineering upgrade. Southeastern services will run to alternative London terminals during this 22-day closure.