As part of a banking club, KfW IPEX-Bank arranges and provides funding in the amount of SEK 728 million for new high-speed trains for the Arlanda express, the non-stop railway connection between Stockholm and its international Arlanda Airpor.
Stadler will double its presence in Slovakia with new electric double-decker KISS units after ZSSK signed a contract worth up to €100 million for four additional regional trains.
The 35 inter-regional EMUs trains will be the first provided by Alstom for passenger operation in Bulgaria and the first electric interregional trains purchased in the country in the last 20 years.
The ultra-modern hydrogen trains will replace diesel trains currently operating from the network’s Mühldorf hub and significantly reduce CO2 emissions as well as noise and exhaust gas in the region.
Built in Bussnang, Thurgau, trains will be introduced into passenger service from mid-2026, and operate on the historic Mont Blanc Express route between Martigny (CH) and St-Gervais (FR).