VOSSLOH WILL SUPPLY 31 VEHICLES FOR THE NEW WUPPERTAL SUSPENSION MONORAIL
Thanks to the successful cooperation between Vossloh España and Vossloh Kiepe, a contract has been signed to manufacture the new vehicles for the renovated suspension railcars in the German city of Wuppertal.A total of 31 vehicles will be delivered to replace the previous ones which date back to the Seventies, the contract is for an amount of 122 million euros. Delivery of the first vehicle is planned mid 2014. Subsequently, two to three vehicles will be delivered to Wuppertal every month. Delivery of the final vehicle is scheduled for December 2015.
Vossloh Kiepe part of the Vossloh Group, will be supplying the next series of this type of transport. The Dusseldorf based company is specialized in the electrical equipment of vehicles for urban transport.
Vossloh España, at its technology center in Albuixech (Valencia), will be responsible for manufacturing the bogies, the body shells fittings and the standard tests of the vehicles.
The cooperation of the two divisions of Vossloh has also contributed to get contracts from the cities of Karlsruhe and Rostock as well al from the Spanish León and Gijón.
The historical suspension railcar of Wuppertal, which was inaugurated on March 1st 1901, is the oldest monorail in the world still in service. It covers a line of almost 14 kilometres in 30 minutes at an average height of 10 metres above the river Wupper. Both its structure and its vehicles are currently in the process of being completely modernized. Almost 25 million passengers use this type of transport every year.
Albuixech (Valencia), 11 November 2011
Vossloh España,S.A
Pol. Ind. del Mediterráneo
Mitxera, nº.6
46550 Albuixech (Valencia)
Spain
Mr. Juan José Sanchís
Phone: (+34) 96 141 50 00
Fax: (+34) 96 141 50 07
Email: juan-jose.sanchis@ve.vossloh.com