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20.12.10

RhB announces Stage III of fleet concept

Media-release of RhB:
The acquisition of seven compositions for the Rhaetian Railways (RhB) Albula Line was signed and sealed on 20 December 2010. The chairman of RhB’s management board, Erwin Rutishauser, and the CEO of Stadler Rail AG, Peter Spuhler, signed the CHF 110 million contract in Samedan on the occasion of Rutishauser’s farewell tour, during which the ALLEGRA special train set a new speed record for metre-gauge railways with 145 km/h. The acquisition of the new articulated train combinations for the Albula Line initiates the important third stage of RhB’s fleet policy.

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10.12.10

The Potsdam Variobahn on course

Today, the Supervisory Board of ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH, together with the company management, saw the production status of the Variobahn at Stadler Pankow GmbH in Berlin for themselves for the first time.

The current production status is represented by the construction of the vehicle modules. The exterior vehicle design, the driver’s cab and the seating arrangement can all be seen. “After completion and assembly of the vehicle, the first tram will be sent to Velten in January for commissioning in our Service Centre,” says Michael Daum, Director of Stadler Pankow GmbH.

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