SWITZERLAND’s Southeastern Railway (SOB) announced on December 21 that it has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 11 Flirt EMUs to operate Gotthard Panorama Line services from Basle and Zurich to Locarno and Lugarno via the original Gotthard line.

KEOLIS Nederland commenced operation of its second rail concession in the Netherlands on December 11 when it took over an 81km network in the province of Overijssel.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) issued invitations to negotiate to four prequalified bidders on November 17 for a contract to supply 43 driverless metro trains for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

MPK Krakow has opted to award a contract for up to 50 low-floor LRVs to a consortium of Stadler Poland and Solaris after Pesa, the winning bidder in the tender, failed to a submit financial guarantee for the contract.

ARRIVA Netherlands has signed a contract with Stadler for 18 Wink electro-diesel multiple units, which will initially operate on biodiesel on non-electrified lines, with provision for conversion to battery and 1.5kV dc overhead electric operation.

JUNAKALUSTO, Finland, has awarded a contract to Stadler to overhaul 78 motor and 117 trailer bogies running under four-car Flirt EMUs which Stadler delivered to Finland between 2009 and 2014.

MINSK Metro has disclosed details of an order for 10 new metro trains from Stadler Minsk, which are due to be delivered between 2018 and 2020.

RUSSIAN airport rail link operator Aeroexpress introduced its new fleet of Stadler ESh2 Kiss double-deck EMUs on October 27, when Russian transport minister Mr Maksim Sokolov attended a ceremony at Moscow Kiyevskaya to mark the trains’ entry into passenger service.

THE supervisory board of Berlin Transport (BVG) has approved the procurement of 20 additional type IK small-profile U-Bahn trains from Stadler Pankow to alleviate an acute rolling stock shortage on the large-profile Line U5.