EUROPE: GySEV has awarded Siemens a contract to supply five Desiro Mainline electric multiple-units by May 2016.
The EMUs are to be deployed on services across the border between Hungary and Austria, from Fertöszentmiklós to Neusiedl am See and from Deutschkreutz to Wulkaprodersdorf and Eisenstadt.
Siemens was awarded the €30·7m contract without a tender, as there is a requirement for compatibility with the Desiro ML units previously ordered by ÖBB.
HUNGARY: Hungarian-Austrian cross-border operator GySEV has signed a contract for Stadler to supply nine inter-city electric multiple-units with an option for four more. The EMUs are intended for use on the Sopron – Győr – Budapest and Szombathely – Győr – Budapest routes and would also ...
HUNGARY: The first of four Flirt electric multiple-units ordered by cross-border operator GySEV was handed over by Stadler Rail at a ceremony in Sopron on December 6. The European Union's Cohesion Fund met 85% of the €20·3m cost of the order, which was signed on April 13 2012. The first ...
HUNGARY: National railway MÁV and Austria-Hungary cross-border operator GySEV jointly selected sole bidder Stadler Rail to supply a total of 48 Flirt electric multiple-units on February 26. The order covers 42 EMUs for MÁV and six for GySEV. The four-car units will have 200 seats and a maximum speed of ...
