Westbahn orders 10 more Stadler EMUs

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Westbahn orders 10 more Stadler EMUs

AUSTRIAN open-access operator Westbahn will purchase 10 additional Kiss EMUs from Stadler in a €180m deal announced by Mr Peter Haselsteiner, director of Rail Holding, Westbahn's parent company.

The new trains will consist of four cars compared with six on the existing sets and will be able to operate in multiple. Delivery is set to take place in 2017 and Westbahn will employ 150 more staff for its expanded service.

Westbahn is set to offer extra Vienna – Salzburg services from December 2017, from Vienna Main Station in addition to its services from Vienna West. Haselsteiner says that if Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) increases the frequency of its Vienna - Salzburg services Westbahn will look to employ its EMUs on other Austrian services such as Vienna - Graz/Villach, Vienna - Bregenz or Salzburg - Villach.

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Westbahn, een open-access vervoerder in Oostenrijk, heeft 10 extra treinstellen besteld bij Stadler. In tegenstelling tot de huidige treinen zijn deze slechts vier rijtuigen in lengte. Levering is in 2017 want Westbahn wil in december 2017 extra verbindingen bieden tussen het hoofdstation van Wenen en Salzburg naast de huidige verbindingen vanaf het Weststation van Wenen naar Salzburg.

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In anderhalf jaar tijd nieuwe treinen bouwen en in dienst krijgen, ze kunnen duidelijk goed treintjes bouwen bij Stadler! :Y