Leo Express, the Central European transportation company, will be adding additional traction components to its Stadler FLIRT trains.

As Stadler celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of its carbody plant in Szolnok, Hungary, the company unveiled the first aluminium doubledecker carbody ever made by the company in Hungary, and announced further development of the factory.

This is part of the CJ’s project to modernise half of its Tavannes-Le Noirmont line by 2027, using the latest generation of electronic interlockings to make rail operations safer and more punctual.

The 1.520-meter gauge locomotive for Lithuania’s cargo rail network provides 500 kN of maximum tractive effort, up to 6,15 MW at rail of tractive power, and can reach a maximum speed of 120 km/h.

The new locomotives will replace older ones that are reaching the end of their service, and will see the fleet harmonised and expanded.

In December 2023, RBS launched a tender for the procurement of 20 new three-car multiple units to replace the oldest RBS fleet and to increase capacity on the Solothurn-Bern line (RE5).

In the last five months, Stadler has been affected by three severe weather disasters, which have had a massive impact on production.

Stadler has opened a new plant in Białystok, where it will manufacture DC power converters for rail vehicles, producing more than units 500 per year and creating up to 250 jobs.

Stadler has signed a contract with the Lisbon metro operator Metropolitano de Lisboa for the supply of 24 vehicles.

Régie autonome des transports Parisiens (RATP), operator of the Paris Metro, is ordering twelve locomotives from Stadler.