Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Swedish AB Transitio have signed a 20-year loan agreement of SEK 695 million (EUR 73 million) for financing the acquisition of 33 new passenger trains in central Sweden.
The new double-decker trains will be used in regional traffic in the region of Mälardalen, central Sweden. To meet the increasing demand for public transport, the region’s public transport authorities and the regional passenger railway traffic operator, Mälardalstrafik AB, made a decision to acquire 33 trains to be used on four different railway lines in Mälardalen. The trains will be acquired by and rented out via AB Transitio. The supplier is Swiss Stadler. The trains will be delivered starting from 2019.
The investment programme will allow the number of departures to increase by 30% and the number of passenger seats by 3,000.
Photo: AB Transitio
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