Siemens was officially awarded a record-breaking order from the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. The municipalities involved in the new Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) rail transport concept commissioned Siemens to supply 82 Desiro HC electric multiple units and to provide maintenance services for a period of 32 years. With a total volume of more than EUR 1.7 billion, this is the largest regional rail transport order ever won by Siemens in Germany.
The Siemens order includes newly developed high-capacity, double-decker trains from the proven Desiro family. Each train consists of four cars, will be 105 meters long and have a seating capacity of 400. During operation, two units will be connected to form an eight-car express with 800 seats.
The RRX will help ease the steadily worsening traffic conditions along the Rhine and Ruhr when delivery of the trains begins in 2018. The first RRX trains are scheduled to enter service by late 2018 and operate in the region at speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour. Plans call for quarter-hour service once the rail infrastructure project has been completed.
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