Six operators award joint contract for up to 504 tram-trains

Salzburg Lokalbahn

Salzburg Lokalbahn will soon see Karlsruhe style TramTrains

Salzburg Lokalbahn

Salzburg Lokalbahn is participating in the 6-city TramTrain order.

A consortium of six German and Austrian transport bodies has jointly awarded Stadler a framework contract for the supply and maintenance of up 504 tram-trains

EUROPE: A consortium of six German and Austrian transport bodies has awarded Stadler a framework contract for the supply and maintenance of up 504 tram-trains worth €4bn, the largest contract in the Swiss company’s history.

From the Light Rail Transit Association

The long-awaited announcement of the award of a contract for up to 504 tram-trains by the VDV tram-train consortium came on 17 January when Stadler Rail was announced as the supplier for 246 Citylink cars, with an option for up to 258 more.

This is the largest order placed for a single vehicle type this decade (and the largest in Stadler’s history). It includes 16 (and up to 32 years) of maintenance and is worth up to EUR4bn (CAD $7.58billion), with the initial tranche valued at EUR1.7bn (CAD $2,46 billion) (EUR6.91m per car { CAD $9.85 million}).

The selected design is a three-section high-floor base car, fully air-conditioned, but configured for each customer – for instance those for AVG in Karlsruhe will be fitted with toilets to cater for long interurban workings, while those for Schiene Oberösterreich will have a larger luggage-carrying area. Deliveries will run over 12 years from July 2024, with main production taking place in Valencia, Spain.

Although procured under the auspices of the VDV association of public transport undertakings, VBK Karlsruhe has acted as technical lead for the project. End-user customers are Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK), Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) Karlsruhe, Saarbahn Netz Saarbrücken, Regional-Stadtbahn Neckar-Alb Tübingen, Landesanstalt Schienenfahrzeuge Baden-Württemburg, Land Salzburg (Salzburger Lokalbahn) and Schiene Oberösterreich (Upper Austria local railways).

Dr Alexander Pischon, CEO of VBK/AVG said: “We are very happy that in Stadler we were able to find a reliable and experienced manufacturer for this extraordinary project. A procurement concept like the one we have implemented here is unique in the world to date. Not only do we all benefit economically from scale, we also share our know-how… On average we have saved 20% of the cost per vehicle by ordering together.”

Peter Spuhler, CEO of Stadler, said: “We are proud to have won this international tender with our proven vehicle concept. The Citylink is a product that we have already delivered in numbers reaching 650 for operation in six countries.’

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  1. Haveacow says:

    Ontario’s provincial government and municipal/regional governments, including their transit agencies have a program like this for bus purchases across the province. They usually balance their bus orders between 3 or 4 bus manufacturers not just 1. There was talk due to the widening popularity and increasing number of LRT systems throughout the Province that a similar arrangement could be applied to LRV purchases however, it was talk not anything conrete.

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