Arriva plc and Stadler Rail AG are jointly celebrating the roll-out of the first electric articulated power unit (EMU-GTW) in Bussnang today. Arriva plc ordered seven EMU-GTWs at a cost of around EURO 30 million from Stadler at the end of November 2006. The railcars will be used on the Dordrecht - Geldermalsen track in the province of Zuid-Holland.
Additional EMU-GTWs for Arriva: The Arriva group is one of the leading private quoted providers of regional rail and bus services in Europe and has its headquarters in London. Arriva Netherlands ordered one two-part GTW 2/6 and six three-part GTW 2/8s a good year ago, after having ordered a total of 43 diesel-electric GTWs for the Groningen-Friesland region in 2005. Today, less than one and a half years later, the two companies can celebrate the roll-out of the first EMU GTW together. In the meantime the fleet of Diesel GTW's of Arriva has also been increased by another 3+5 trains. Christian König, Sales Director Switzerland & Netherlands Stadler Rail Group, is delighted with the success of the undertaking: "We are proud that this order has allowed us to expand the GTW family of railcars with this version for 1500 V DC and that modern low floor trains are now in operation in yet another province of the Netherlands. Stadler has also completed this order in a very short time. This was only possible thanks to the great effort and commitment of all those involved. I am very grateful to all of them." Anne Hettinga, Director Arriva Netherlands: "The Merwede-Lingelijn is a very important track for Arriva and many inhabitants use the train every day. Our ambitions are high: we aim for more than 50% grows of passengers. But the local government also has high ambitions and in the next few years the track will be upgraded and they will build five new stations. Therefore - given our experience with the GTW in the north of Holland - this is a perfect train to service the Merwede-Lingelijn." The railcars: The EMU-GTWs were manufactured in a version for 1500 V DC. They were adapted from the basic version of the diesel-electric GTWs for Groningen-Friesland for the new area of operation. They are part of the fourth generation of GTWs, meet the new Dutch requirements for collision safety and share the modern Arriva design look. Stadler Rail Group, the system provider for customer-specific solutions in rail vehicle construction, has facilities in Switzerland at Altenrhein, Bussnang and Winterthur, in Germany at Berlin-Pankow and Velten, in Poland at Siedlce, in Hungary at Budapest, Pusztascabolcz and Szolnok and in Algeria at Algiers. The Group employs a workforce of approximately 2,200 around the world. The best known vehicle series of Stadler Rail Group are the globally successful GTW articulated railcar with 437 trains sold, the Regio Shuttle RS1 with 364 trains sold and the and the Fast Light Innovative Regional Turbo-train FLIRT, of which 404 have been sold in the railway segment and the Variobahn, with sales of 235 vehicles and the newly developed Tango, with 90 vehicles sold in the tramway segment. Stadler also produces carriages and diesel-electric locomotives and is the world's leading producer of rack rail vehicles.
Bron: Stadler Rail AG
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Arriva plc en Stadler Rail AG vieren gezamelijk de roll-out van de eerste elektrische GTW in Bussnang vandaag. Arriva plc bestelde eind november 2006 voor 30 miljoen euro zeven EMU-GTWs bij Stadler. De treinstellen zullen gebruikt worde op het traject Dordrecht - Geldermalsen in de provincie Zuid-Holland.
Vandaag, minder dan anderhalf jaar later, kunnen de twee bedrijven de rollout van de eerste EMU GTW samen vieren. In de tussentijd is de vloot diesel-GTW's van Arriva ook al uitgebreid met 3+5 treinen. Cristian König, Sales Director van Stadler, is blij met het succes: "We zijn trots dat deze order ons in staat gesteld heeft de GTW-familie uit te breiden met deze versie voor 1500 V DC en dat moderne lagevloertreinen nu ook in weer een andere Nederlandse provincie gaan rijden.
Anne Hettinga, directeur van Arriva Nederland: "De Merwede-Lingelijn is een erg belangrijk traject voor Arriva en veel inwoners gebruiken de trein dagelijks. Onze ambities zijn hoog: we streven naar meer dan 50% reizigersgroei. Maar ook de lokale overheid heeft hoge ambities en zal in de komende jaren het spoor opwaarderen en vijf nieuwe stations bouwen. Daarom, gezien onze ervaring met de GTW in het noorden van Nederland, is dit de perfecte trein voor de Merwede-Lingelijn.
De EMU-GTWs werden gebouwd in een uitvoering voor 1500 V DC en zijn aangepast vanuit de diesel-elektrische GTW voor Groningen-Friesland. Ze maken deel uit van de vierde generatie GTWs die voldoen aan de nieuwste Nederlandse richtlijnen voor botsveiligheid en hebben tevens het moderne Arriva design.
