By David Burroughs, International Railway Journal; August 17, 2018
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has placed an initial €375m order for eight day trains and 13 night trains as part of a €1.5bn framework agreement it has signed with Siemens Mobility for a new fleet of long-distance trains, which includes the delivery of up to 700 passenger coaches over the next five years.
The Viaggio coaches will be operated with ÖBB’s current fleet of Siemens Taurus locomotives, with commissioning of the first Railjet and Nightjet trains planned for 2022. The passenger coaches will be manufactured at Siemens’ factory in Vienna. The framework agreement signed on August 17 can also be extended beyond 2023 by ÖBB.
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