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Stadler wins 300 million-franc Saudi train order
Swiss trainmaker Stadler has received a 300 million-franc order from Saudi Arabia’s railway.
The order comes from an option in an existing 600 million-franc contract.
By exercising it, the railway will double its fleet to 20 trains.
The trains will be produced mostly in Switzerland.
The deal adds to Stadler’s work for Saudi Arabia’s railway.
No production or delivery timetable is given.
Saudi Arabia’s railway has exercised an option for a Swiss-franc 300 million order from Stadler.
The option is part of a contract worth Swiss-franc 600 million.
The order will double the fleet to 20 trains.
Most of the trains will be produced in Switzerland.
- Who
- Stadler and the Saudi Arabian railway.
- What
- The railway exercised an option for a Swiss-franc 300 million order of trains.
- When
- The report was published on October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia; the trains will be produced mostly in Switzerland.
- Why
- The order will double the railway’s fleet to 20 trains.
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- Order value
- Swiss-franc 300 million
- Original contract value
- Swiss-franc 600 million
- Fleet size
- 20 trains after the order
- Production
- Mostly in Switzerland
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