Stadler has won the largest contract in its history.

The Swiss rolling stock manufacturer has been selected by a group of six transport companies from Germany and Austria to supply up to 504 vehicles as part of the ‘VDV Tram-Train’ project. This framework agreement also covers maintenance for up to 32 years.

The framework agreement includes a fixed order quantity of 246 CITYLINK vehicles, which is an order volume of around 1.7 billion euros. Further, there is an option to order an additional 258 vehicles. Together the maintenance aspect, the total order could amount to 4 billion euros. Stadler will manufacture and deliver the 246 CITYLINK vehicles over the next ten years, with the first four being delivered to Saarbahn – one of the ordering transport companies – in 2024.

Stadler has won a contract to provide CITYLINK tram-trains for six operators in Germany and Austria

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The six transport companies in the ordering consortium are Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK), Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), Saarbahn Netz, Schiene Oberösterreich, the state of Salzburg, and Zweckverband Regional-Stadbahn Neckar-Alb.

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