SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways announced two firm orders for Stadler Rail to supply additional electric multiple-units on June 9.
A SFr397m order covers 19 six-car double-deck EMUs to be delivered from late 2018. These will enable service frequencies to be increase on the Zürich S-Bahn network.
The second order worth SFr62m covers six four-car Flirt EMUs to operate in the cantons of Vaud and Zug from 2016.
The orders are being funded by the federal and cantonal authorities.
STADLER RAIL: Initial successes have been achieved under the strategy of targeting new markets and sectors to counteract the effect of the European debt crisis and changes in exchange rates, Stadler Rail said when presenting its annual results for 2013. Orders with a total value of SFr2·6bn were received in ...
SWITZERLAND: Passenger services on the Durchmesserlinie cross-city line though Zürich began on June 15. Around 200 000 people attended celebratory events the previous day, and 10 000 travelled on free preview services. Described by Swiss Federal Railways as biggest development in the history of the Zürich S-Bahn, the 9·6 ...
SWITZERLAND: Stadler Rail has beaten rival bidders Alstom and Talgo to win a SFr980m contract to supply 29 articulated high speed trains for international services through the Gotthard base tunnel. Announcing the order on May 9, Swiss Federal Railways said that Stadler Rail was the clear winner with a ...
