Nexus, the transportation company responsible for Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle and Sunderland, has announced additional trials for the Stadler Class 555 five-car trains, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Delay in the launch of Stadler metro trains in the UK

This is due to the need for system checks under specific conditions.

Unmanned trains in the Paris Metro

Originally scheduled for summer 2023, the launch was postponed to early 2024 and is now expected by the end of this year.

Stadler won the tender to supply 42 trains in 2020, surpassing competitors CAF and Hitachi Rail.

An additional 4 units were added to the order, bringing the total contract value, including 35 years of maintenance and depot construction, to over €820 million.

The first train was delivered for testing in February of last year.

Completion of deliveries is expected in 2025, two years later than initially planned.

Photo: Nexus

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