Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) and Stadler have announced that they have signed a contract for the delivery of ten FLIRT multiple units.

The contract is valued at 115 million euros.

Four trains will be configured as interregional trains with diesel-electric propulsion, and three electrical multiple units will be designed respectively as interregional and regional trains.

ADY has already ordered rolling stock from Stadler several times in the past, this includes orders for sleeper carriages for service between Azerbaijan and Turkey and double-decker KISS trains.

An infrastructure project is currently underway in Azerbaijan. Many main lines are being converted from 3 kV direct current to 25 kV alternating current.

What did officials say?

Head of Sales Ansgar Brockmeyer said

“We are very pleased that ADY has added the FLIRT to its fleet after several orders for different vehicles from Stadler. ADY will have a state-of-the-art vehicle thanks to the five-car trains from the FLIRT family. ADY will receive the first diesel-electric FLIRT which meets all GOST requirements”

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