GERMANY: Mainz transport operator MVG has placed a €20m order with Stadler for nine metre-gauge Variobahn trams. They will be delivered from 2012, and an option is available for a further six vehicles.
The five-section 100% low-floor trams will be 30 m long with four passenger doors per side. They will have 66 fixed and eight folding seats, with a total capacity of 174 passengers. Top speed will be 70 km/h.
GERMANY: Tram and bus travel in Mainz is to be free of charge on the first Saturday of the month for a one-year trial period. The impact on ridership and the benefits to the city will be evaluated by Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences. The first ...
SWITZERLAND: The first of 21 Stadler Ee 922 electric shunting locomotives ordered by Swiss Federal Railways was formally handed over on July 3. The locomotives will be deployed shunting passenger stock at seven major stations by the end of 2010, replacing Ee 3/3 locomotives dating back as far as the ...
AUSTRIA: Steiermärkischen Landesbahnen placed an €21m order for six GTW multiple-units with Stadler on May 28. They are to be delivered from October 2010 for use on the Graz S-Bahn network, which was launched at the end of 2007 using leased vehicles which STLB is due to return at the ...
