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22.10.10

Stadler inaugurates ultramodern Train Commissioning Centre

Today, Dr Kaspar Schläpfer, the economic director of Thurgau, Roman Brülisauer, Erlen’s Mayor, and Peter Spuhler, owner and CEO of Stadler Rail Group, along with other guests and craftsmen, inaugurated the new Train Commissioning Centre (IBS Centre) in Erlen, Thurgau. Stadler has invested around CHF 30 million in the very latest train commissioning infrastructure at this site on the SBB mainline Zurich–Romanshorn. Here, 150-metre-long trains (manufactured in Bussnang and Altenrhein) undergo a 6-week testing and commissioning programme. The Train Commissioning Centre was built in a record time of less than 12 months. With investments of more ...

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12.10.10

A KISS for Luxembourg

Stadler Pankow receives an order for the delivery of eight KISS double-decker multiple-unit trains from the Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL).

The Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois is ordering 8 three-carriage double-decker multiple-unit trains for operation in Luxembourg and across the border to Germany, with an option on up to a further 31 units, which will be in operation from 2013. The order is worth around EUR 60 million.

“With this order, we once again receive confirmation that continuous development of existing vehicle concepts is the right way to go,” says Michael Daum ...

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