German railway operator Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) has ordered a further 25 light rail vehicles of the type Citylink NET 2012 from the consortium Stadler Rail Valencia and Vossloh Kiepe. This order is an option of the contract signed in 2011, consisting of 25 vehicles and two options for an altogether total of 50 additional units.
The Citylink NET 2012 is a low floor LRV, certified according to BOStrab to circulate on Karlsruhe’s tram network, and also with the EBO approval to circulate in regional lines, managed by AVG between Hochstetten and Bad Herrenalb (line S1) and Ittersbach (line S11). The same vehicle connects the areas surrounding Karlsruhe with its inner city.
These vehicles from the Citylink platform, designed by Stadler’s Rail Engineering department in Valencia, have been adapted to the particularities of Karlsruhe’s network.
Stadler Rail Valencia, besides designing the vehicle, produces the bogies, bodyshells and assemblies the light rail vehicles. Vossloh Kiepe delivers the traction equipment, air conditioning, train control system and the surveillance and passenger information system
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