ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has signed a contract with Stadler for 127 METRO trainsets, with two options for additional 25-train orders.
The contract, valued at more than $600 million, is the largest single order for rail vehicles in the company’s history, and is the first major U.S. order for METRO trains.
The contract calls for the first trains to be in service in 2023. The trains will serve Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The contract signing comes a day after Stadler announced it would build the first hydrogen-powered trainset for U.S. use. [See “Stadler to build hydrogen-powered train for Southern California service,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 14, 2019.]
Not quite correct that this is the single largest order Stadler has ever received, but it is the largest US order. The company has been awarded substantially larger orders in Europe. For example, in 2014 Stadler won a 950 million Franc contract for the Swiss Federal Railways Giruno trainsets.
Stadler’s on a roll!
No, it’s a generic rendering. MARTA uses 3rd rail..
This is a specific rendering:
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/11/14/marta-approves-646m-deal-for-new-rail-car-fleet.html
That’s a good looking trainset. It looks like the cars share Jacobs bogies, which means the interior is probably entirely open, resulting in a nice increase in capacity. I’m happy for the success of Stadler – things are going to get busy in Salt Lake City!
Is that train a rendering for the MARTA order or is it generic?
Ok so MARTA, has overhead wire? OR they building this exact trainset for 3rd rail? Hmmm, must be!
are these light rail or heavy rail?