▲ | eqvinox 10 hours ago | |||||||
Hi! What's your perspective on the shortage of manufacturing capacity for night train rolling stock? Last I heard ÖBB can't build them fast enough for demand, and few other companies are able to actually produce these? Are you planning to build your own industrial manufacturing capability for this? And what about 2nd level suppliers? | ||||||||
▲ | ant6n 9 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Yes, the bottle Beck for night trains is rolling stock. The plan is to initially target refurbished standard passenger couches. We have a large research and development consortium to develop the technology and adaptation of coaches. The refurb itself can be done by many companies, we don’t need a large supplier like Siemens. As for the ÖBB nightjet, there’s talk about shifting the last ordered nightjet to rail jets (for day travel). Speculation is that the low capacity of the Trainsets result in poor unit economics. | ||||||||
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