MÁV-Start orders 11 Kiss double-deck EMUs

Hungarian national passenger operator MÁV-Start placed its first order for Stadler Kiss double-deck EMUs on August 18, when CEO Mr András Csépke and Stadler Bussnang country director for Hungary Mr Zoltán Dunai signed a Forints 60.5bn ($US 234m) contract for 11 trains.

The deal is the first firm order from a framework contract signed in April for the supply of up to 40 high-capacity trains over eight years. The trains will be introduced on Budapest-Vác-Szob and Budapest-Cegléd-Szolnok suburban services in 2019-20. The fleet will also be used to boost capacity on busier inter-city services in eastern Hungary such as Budapest-Szolnok-Debrecen-Záhony and also on lines around Lake Balaton and Lake Velence during the summer holiday period.

Hungary’s Ministry of National Development signed an agreement with MÁV-Start on August 8 authorising grant funding for the order.

Source: railjournal.com