The new low-floor LRVs will be used on the metre-gauge network in the urban areas of Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Hattingen and Witten and are due to be delivered from mid-2021 onwards.
The 29.6m-long five-section bidirectional vehicles, which are step-free throughout, accommodate than 165 passengers.
The LRVs are equipped with five external swinging-sliding doors on each side, as well as CCTV, foldup ramps and air-conditioning.
“We are very pleased to have received an order for eight Variobahn option vehicles following on from the contract signed in April of this year for six more Tango vehicles,” says Mr Patrick Sefzik, head of tram sales at Stadler in Berlin.
“Counting the eight new Variobahn trams, we will then have a total of 95 of these vehicles,” says Bogestra vehicles division manager, Mr Arndt Hartmann.
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