FOLLOWING trials with two prototype sets, Berlin Transport (BVG) has placed a €60m order with Stadler Pankow for eleven four-car type IK narrow profile U-Bahn trains.

POLISH long-distance operator PKP Intercity confirmed on July 17 that authorisation of its Stadler/Newag Flirt 3 EMUs has been completed and delivery of the fleet has passed the halfway mark.

STADLER has built a full-size wooden mock-up of the 250km/h EMUs ordered by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) for long-distance services on the Gotthard route, providing valuable input for the interior design of the train at an early stage of development.

HUNGARY's national operator MÁV-Start has selected Stadler out of two bidders for a contract to supply 21 four-car suburban EMUs.

SWEDISH train leasing company Transitio has awarded Stadler a SKr 3.5bn ($US 429m) contract to supply 33 four-car Kiss double-deck EMUs for regional services radiating from Stockholm.

A prototype 1524mm-gauge LRV developed by the Stadler Minsk joint venture of Stadler Rail and Belkommunmash, Belarus is to undergo trials in the Russian city of Samara following four months of successful testing with Moscow tram operator Mosgortrans.

FORTH WORTH Transportation Authority signed a $US 106.7m contract with Stadler Rail for eight four-car articulated DMUs for the Tex Rail commuter line in a ceremony at the city's Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) on June 9.

THE first two of five double-deck Kiss EMUs ordered from Stadler by Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) under a €70m contract signed in May have arrived in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.

LETBANEN, the public company responsible for developing the tram-train network in the Danish city of Aarhus, revealed the final interior and exterior designs on June 1 for its fleet of 26 LRVs, which is being supplied by Stadler Pankow.