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15.06.12

Stadler braves the euro crisis

For Stadler Rail, too, the last year has been dominated by the falling euro and the EU debt crisis. Thanks to high levels of orders received in 2008–2010, turnover in 2011 increased to CHF 1.39 billion, with the workforce standing at 4,500 employees, up by 1,000 on last year. Orders received in 2011 amounted to CHF 1.3 billion and were below the average of the past few years. Four completely newly developed vehicle series have been in successful operation since mid-December 2011: the double-decker KISS for SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) for use in the Zurich ...

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12.06.12

Roll-out of first GTW for Vechtdallijnen (NL)

Arriva and Stadler Rail are today celebrating the joint roll-out of the first electric articulated multiple-unit train (EMU-GTW) in the Dutch provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe. In mid-2010, Arriva Netherlands placed an order with Stadler for 14 EMU-GTWs for the Vechtdallijnen concession. These vehicles have been developed in many areas and, as such, are improved versions of the Arriva GTW trains that are already successfully in service.

Arriva is one of the largest public transport service providers in Europe. Their buses and trains carry more than 1.5 billion passengers in 12 countries every year. The company was taken over ...

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06.06.12

World record locomotive for Brazil

Today, Stadler Rail and the Brazilian company MRS Logística celebrate the unveiling of by far the largest and most powerful rack-and-pinion locomotive ever built. MRS ordered seven of these locomotives with a total value of around CHF 60 million (including reserve materials) from Stadler for the freight line from São Paulo to the Port of Santos. The first two vehicles will be transported to Brazil via Basel and Antwerp over the next few weeks. With this order, Stadler Rail has been able to demonstrate its innovative power and its leading global position in the construction of rack-and-pinion rail ...

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