Stadler to maintain Bombardier’s Talent trains in Hungary

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Hungarian State Railways MÁV has awarded Stadler Hungary Railway Maintenance Ltd with a contract to maintain 10 Bombardier Talent trains.

According to the contract the company will maintain the Talent trains until 2017.

The two parties will sign the contract in August, under the terms of which Stadler will start the maintenance on 1 October 2011.

The winning of the tender is a milestone for Stadler, as it is the first time the Group has won the maintenance of a product made by different manufacturer.

Stadler is going to provide the preventive maintenance services for the Talent trains in its state-of-the-art facility in Pusztaszabolcs.

Stadler has provided the overall maintenance for MÁV’s 60 FLIRT trains since 2007.

Zoltán Dunai, country manager of Stadler in Hungary in relation with the tender result said:

“The objective of the tender issuer with the procurement was to select a contractor, which is able to fulfil the maintenance of Talent trains cost effectively on a high quality level.

“We are confident that we are able to fulfil this request, and do our utmost to provide the service of same quality just as for our own product, which operate with a very high availability of 94% on the Hungarian rail lines.”

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