The Eastern Swiss train builder Stadler Rail has received a major order from the Kazakh Railways. Stadler is to deliver and maintain 537 sleeping and couchette cars.
The order is worth 2.3 billion euros, as Stadler announced on Tuesday evening.
In addition to vehicle manufacture, the framework agreement also includes a 20-year maintenance contract.
Stadler Rail is also to take over a local production facility in Astana with around 100 employees. The technology transfer to the Kazakh capital and the training of local staff in other Stadler plants should take place gradually.
Withdrawal from Belarus due to sanctions
Stadler Rail recently shut down its large plant in Belarus almost completely as a result of the sanctions imposed due to the Ukraine war. Manufacturing was completely relocated to other countries such as Poland.
According to the communiqué, the delivery of the sleeping and couchette cars to the Kazakh Railways is planned for 2030. There is also an option for additional orders to further modernize the country’s railway fleet.
SRF 4 News, December 13, 2022, 8:00 p.m.; sda/awp/blal
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