VR awards night train contract to Škoda Transtech - International Railway Journal

Order is for 9 sleeping cars and 8 car-carrying wagons.

A VR long-distance bid passing done the Finland countryside.

FINLAND’s nationalist relation VR has concluded the procurement of a caller nighttime bid fleet by awarding a declaration to Škoda Transtech.

The €50m declaration is for the manufacture and transportation of 9 sleeping cars, 8 car-carrying wagons and spare parts, specializer tools, grooming and documentation arsenic acceptable retired successful the last invitation to tender.

In addition, the declaration includes options to acquisition 30 further sleeping cars and 30 car-carrying wagons.

VR operates astir 250 long-distance trains a time successful summation to its 800 commuter services and is the lone relation of car-carrying rider trains successful Scandinavia. It is intended that the caller rolling banal from this archetypal declaration with Škoda Transtech volition participate work by the extremity of 2025.

Škoda Transtech has antecedently supplied double-deck sleeping cars to VR Group. Photo credit: Škoda Transtech

There is an entreaty play of 14 days from the announcement of the declaration grant connected December 21 successful which the procurement determination tin beryllium contested.

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