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39-710: In 1999, it merged with the Biel–Täuffelen–Ins railway ( Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn ; BTI), the Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway ( Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn ; SNB) and the Oberaargauische Automobilkurse (OAK) to form Aare Seeland mobil ( ASm ), which now operates the 22 km-long, metre-gauge line from Langenthal to Niederbipp and Melchnau respectively. The Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen (OJB) (Melchnau-Langenthal-Niederbipp) based in Langenthal

78-566: A large manufacturing facility in Fanipaĺ , Belarus. Following the disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential elections and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the company came under pressure to reduce its exposure in those countries. By June 2022, electronic parts used to assemble rail equipment are no longer deliverable to Fanipaĺ due to international sanctions against Belarus following the forced diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 . In response, Stadler moved equipment and personnel to Poland, Switzerland and

117-607: A major beneficiary of customer dissatisfaction with the dominant market competitors, particularly in terms of delivery and certification issues. In 2014, Stadler Rail announced the formation of a joint venture with Azerbaijan -based company International Railway Distribution LLC to manufacture rolling stock in the nation. One month prior, Stadler had received a SFr120 million contract to produce 30 sleeper and dining cars. Rolling stock originally intended for Russia has also been resold to Azerbaijan and neighbouring Georgia . Stadler Rail had traditionally avoided major involvement with

156-540: A relatively small rolling stock manufacturer even through to the 1990s; by the mid-1990s, Stadler reportedly had only 100 employees. Around 1984, Stadler Rail decided to embark on the manufacture of passenger rolling stock for the first time. In 1987, Peter Spuhler , an in-law relative of the Stadler family through his marriage to one of Ernst Stadler's granddaughters, joined the company and subsequently took over as CEO from Irma Stadler in 1989. Spuhler then decided to expand

195-525: A serious competitor in several categories to traditional major rolling stock companies, such as Alstom and Siemens , and has successfully secured several major orders from the incumbent train operating companies of several nations. In 1999, Stadler Rail took a 67% shareholding in a joint venture with Adtranz to manufacture the Regio-Shuttle RS1 . However, following Adtranz's acquisition by Bombardier in 2001, European Union regulators insisted on

234-910: A significant reduction of travel time as they used a more direct route to Langenthal. An early sign of the later merger was a formal agreement that was contracted on 5 April 1984 between the BTI, the OJB, the SNB, the Oberaargauischen Automobilkurse (a bus company; OAK), the Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (a funicular railway; LTB) and the Bielersee-Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft (Lake Biel Ferry Company; BSG) to form Oberaargau-Solothurn-Seeland-Transport (OSST) . Construction activity in St. Urban led to

273-543: A small increase in passenger numbers, which allowed the section of the LMB line between St. Urban and St. Urban Ziegelei to be reactivated for passenger traffic on 28 May 1989. The OSST partners, BTI, RVO, SNB and OAK, were merged into Aare Seeland mobil (ASm) in 1999. The LTB was also merged into the ASm in 2003, while the BSG continues to be legally independent. The LJB opened

312-613: Is a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock , with an original emphasis on regional train multiple units and trams , but moving also into underground , high speed , intercity and sleeper trains . It also produces niche products, such as being one of the last European manufacturers of rack railway rolling stock. Stadler Rail is headquartered at its place of origin in Bussnang , Switzerland. Stadler Rail employed 13,900 employees by 2023. The company consolidates fifty subsidiaries in 23 countries including Algeria , Germany , Italy ,

351-580: Is located between the stations of Ins and Ins Dorf. The BTI ends under Biel SBB station, which is the hub of four SBB lines. The Biel– Grenchen – Solothurn – Olten and Biel– Neuchâtel – Yverdon-les-Bains – Lausanne lines together form the line known as the Jura Foot Railway . The Biel/Bienne–Bern and the Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds lines also connect at the station. There is a Regiotram agglomeration Biel/Bienne project, in which

390-507: Is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil (ASm). The line was originally built by Seeländische Lokalbahnen (SLB), which was founded in 1912 with its headquarters in Täuffelen . The first section of the line from Nidau to Siselen was opened on 4 December 1916 and the section from Siselen to Ins followed on 19 March 1917. Since the line ends in Ins next to the standard-gauge line of

429-545: The Bern–Neuchâtel railway (BN), a transporter wagon yard was opened at the same time for the carriage of standard gauge freight cars on the metre-gauge line. The line was electrified at 1200 V DC from construction. The last section between Nidau and the Biel/Bienne station forecourt ( Bahnhofplatz ) followed on 21 August 1926. A transporter wagon system was opened here, too; wagon could be delivered to any point on

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468-1026: The Netherlands , Austria , Poland , Switzerland , Spain , Czech Republic , Hungary , Belarus and the United States , and upcoming joint ventures with INKA in Indonesia and Medha Servo Drives in India . Stadler Rail employed approximately 6,100 employees by 2012, including 2,750 in Switzerland, 1,200 in Germany, 1,000 in Belarus, 400 in Hungary and 400 in Poland. By 2023, this had increased to 13,900 employees. Stadler Rail traces its origins back to an engineering office established by Ernst Stadler (1908–1981) in 1942. Three years later,

507-469: The BTI line would in future be extended as a tram through Biel SBB station and through the city to Bözingenfeld railway station. Thus, the most important development areas (living, work, leisure) of the region would be connected without the need to change trains. With a total length of 27 kilometres, the line would be the longest tram line in Switzerland. The project was stopped by a government enquiry on 26 March 2015. Stadler Rail Stadler Rail AG

546-503: The British railway customer base, which it has claimed was due to the unfavourable complexity of the regulatory environment. However, in 2017, management decided to embark on a decisive push into Britain, both to acquire market share amongst its rail operators and to establish new manufacturing and servicing facilities. It quickly secured a £610 million order from Abellio Greater Anglia for its FLIRT family, leading to 378 vehicles conforming to

585-445: The LJB and the more than 11 km-long Gaswerk– St. Urban –Melchnau line of the LMB. The two railways, most of which are located in the canton of Bern have been electrified at 1200 Volt DC since their opening. As a result of the merger, cooperation with the SNB was renewed in 1959 under a new operating contract. The workshop built in Langenthal by LJB also became a workshop for

624-505: The SNB rolling stock. The two companies also made their new rolling stock purchases together. Due to the sparse settlement along the LMB line, which primarily served businesses established along the line, and the long route to Melchnau as a result of the long eastward sweeping curve it followed, passenger traffic on the St. Urban–Melchnau section was abandoned on 22 May 1982. The section remained open for goods traffic. Passenger services to Melchnau were replaced by buses, which allowed

663-514: The UK's restrictive loading gauge that were built in Bussnang . Further orders in the UK market have included Glasgow Subway 's order for 17 underground trains, operating via an automated driverless system, it is a first for Stadler. Another major order came from Merseytravel for bespoke electric trains for Liverpool's Merseyrail commuter rail system. It has also supplied trains and tram-trains to Transport for Wales Rail . In April 2019, Stadler Rail

702-545: The US to make up for that loss. The board of directors decided to keep the site and stressed that the company has to follow supranational decisions by international organisations such as the OECD, UN and EU but their commitment is towards the people working at the site, stating that Stadler "serves the public not dictators". The subsidiaries OOO Stadler (Moskau) and Stadler Reinickendorf (Berlin) were liquidated in 2022.   Stadler markets

741-692: The United States, Algeria and Azerbaijan . To facilitate an expanded order book and wider customer base, the company has rapidly expanded its production capabilities. To serve the Central and Eastern European market alone, during 2005, a new assembly plant was built in Hungary , while another was completed in Poland in the following year; six years later, a third manufacturing site was established in Belarus . By late 2019,

780-742: The United States, the Middle East and the North African regions. The company has also grown via numerous acquisitions, including the Swiss company Winpro AG based in Winterthur in 2005, Voith Rail Services of the Netherlands in 2013, and Vossloh Rail Vehicles España S.A. of Valencia during 2015. They have been integrated into the wider Stadler Rail organisation, broadening the range of products and services on offer. For many years, Peter Spuhler has served as

819-543: The business via the launch of new products, as well as the acquisition of two other Swiss factories that built specialist rail vehicles for rack-and-pinion and narrow gauge railways. Stadler Rail experienced a considerable uptick in business during the latter years of 1990s. Its customer base continued to expand year after year over the following two decades to become one of the fastest growing and most innovative train manufacturing companies operating in Europe. Stadler Rail has become

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858-637: The company began to manufacture its first locomotives, building both battery-electric and diesel types. Throughout the majority of Stadler Rail's existence, it operated as a relatively small family-owned business entirely based in Switzerland that traditionally focused on manufacturing highly customised rail vehicles for its clients. The customer base were typically within relatively niche markets, such as narrow gauge and mountain railway operators, rather than those operating conventional mainline railways. After Ernst Stadler died in 1981, his second wife, Irma (c. 1923–2020), took over as CEO. Stadler Rail remained

897-554: The company's Variobahn trams, while Stadler Rail received its first contract for underground trains during 2015. In December 2015, the firm’s had a huge order via a joint venture with Siemens Mobility for up to 1,380 vehicles for Berlin 's S-Bahn , the last of which are to be delivered by 2023. During 2019, Stadler Rail was reportedly making efforts to capitalise on smaller operators, driven by trends towards regionalisation and open-access operation , to secure business for its railcars, light rail vehicles and multiple units. Stadler has

936-478: The company's chief executive officer (CEO), as well as holding a major stake in the business. According to Peter Jenelten, Stadler Rail's Executive Vice-President for Marketing and Sales, has credited the business' relatively lean structure as having enabled very rapid decision-making and reducing product's time to market, which in turn has been an important selling point for its customers. Railway industry periodical Rail Magazine has claimed that Stadler Rail has been

975-601: The divestiture of the regional and tram product lines. As a consequence, Stadler Rail took 100% ownership of the Pankow factory in Berlin , becoming its first manufacturing base in Germany, that same year. Production of the RS1 has continued, becoming the market leading tram in the nation. Perhaps the company's most successful product has been the FLIRT ( Fast Light Innovative Regional Train ) family,

1014-504: The existing SBB route. It was opened at the timetable change in December 2012. A tramway existed on this route under the LJB from 1907 to 1943 and it was occasionally used by the SNB. Between 1966 and 1978, the SNB and the OJB jointly procured a total of six four-axle railcars (81–86) and five matching four-axle control cars (101–105). Under the OSST, a uniform numbering scheme was introduced for all

1053-409: The firm reportedly employed in excess of 7,000 employees at various locations spread across 20 countries. Each year, hundreds of rail vehicles, including trams , locomotives and coaches, are completed by the firm. In addition to its manufacturing efforts, considerable business is derived from contracted maintenance and refurbishment programmes, which Stadler Rail provides to operators throughout Europe,

1092-514: The first transporter wagon yard for the transport of standard-gauge freight wagons on a metre-gauge line in Switzerland in Langenthal on 29 December 1909. The delivery points, which initially ended at Aarwangen, were extended to Bannwil on 7 March 1913. The LMB carried transporter wagons to Melchnau from its opening in 1917. The SNB, which was opened on 9 January 1918, included another transporter wagon yard, located in Niederbipp, which

1131-512: The railway companies involved; the OJB vehicles were given 100 numbers, while the (identical) SNB vehicles were given 300 numbers. Orange painted coaches, occasionally referred to as Schüttelbecher (shaker cups), are still in use. With the decision to modernise the former SNB line, the rolling stock has been renewed. The ASm called tenders for three new low-floor multiple units for the whole Solothurn–Niederbipp–Langenthal line in April 2005. The tender

1170-475: The range includes highly diverse configurations to suit different needs, from smaller regional units to luxurious intercity trainsets, as well as broad gauge versions for Finland and former Soviet Union nations. During 2004, Stadler Rail delivered the first trainset to the Swiss Federal Railways . By 2019, in excess of 1,400 FLIRTs have been ordered by operators in 16 countries spread across Europe,

1209-450: The summer of 2008—painted dark red—are in use by the ASm. With three more trains, which were delivered in 2011, the old Solothurn-Niederbipp fleet was completely replaced. Biel%E2%80%93T%C3%A4uffelen%E2%80%93Ins railway The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins railway line is a railway line in Switzerland that runs from Biel/Bienne to Ins along the east side of the Lake Biel . The line

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1248-637: The whole line. The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins line remained the only line of the Seeländische Lokalbahnen. The Seeländische Lokalbahnen was renamed the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins Railway ( German : Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn , BTI) as of 1 September 1945. The cooperation between the Oberaargau-Jura railway ( Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen , OJB) and the Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway ( Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn , SNB), which had existed for some time,

1287-482: Was also used by the LJB. It served delivery points as far as Bannwil from Niederbipp. The whole LJB line has been served from Niederbipp since 1943. A dual gauge track was laid in the shared facility in Niederbipp, which was commissioned on 7 March 1970 and runs along the SNB to the Oberbipp siding to a tank farm. The ASm route has been extended from Niederbipp to Oensingen, with the line running largely parallel to

1326-513: Was awarded to Stadler Rail in accordance with the metre-gauge FLIRT concept. The EMU has a similar modular structure as the new metre-gauge sets built for the Forch Railway and the St. Gallen–Trogen railway . The new program was called Star (for: S chmalspur- T riebzug für a ttraktiven R egionalverkehr —"narrow-gauge multiple unit for attractive regional transport"). The three trains ordered since

1365-509: Was cleared, allowing it to be rebuilt. An early indication of the later merger was a formal agreement that was contracted on 5 April 1984 between the BTI, the OJB, the SNB, the Oberaargauischen Automobilkurse (a bus company; OAK), the Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (a funicular railway; LTB) and the Bielersee-Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft (Lake Biel Ferry Company; BSG) under the name of Oberaargau-Solothurn-Seeland-Transport (OSST) . The first of seven low-floor GTW Be 2/6 articulated railcars

1404-593: Was formed in 1958 from the merger of the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn (LJB) and the Langenthal-Melchnau-Bahn (LMB). As a result, the OJB is the direct legal successor of the LJB, which was opened in 1907 and, after the opening of the LMB in 1917, was also responsible for its operational management. The metre-gauge lines of the predecessor companies became part of the company's assets, including the almost 11 km-long Langenthal–Aarwangen–Niederbipp line of

1443-531: Was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange , reducing Spuhler's stake in the company to 40%. Prior to the listing, Spuhler had owned 80% of the business's share capital, while RAG-Stiftung  [ de ] held a further 10%, and the remaining 10% was divided amongst several senior employees at the firm. In recent years, the light rail and metro sectors have become increasingly important customers. Various operators in Germany, Norway, and Britain have adopted

1482-523: Was put into operation in 1997. The majority of the participants of Oberaargau-Solothurn-Seeland-Transport were merged to form Aare Seeland mobil (ASm) in 1999. The Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn joined only in 2003, while the Bielersee-Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft still remains legally independent. The line runs largely on its own right of way, although the line runs for a few hundred metres on public roads. The steepest section at 4.7 percent

1521-460: Was regulated by contract from 1960. The new underground approach of the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins line to Biel/Bienne station was opened on 22 May 1975. This allowed the dismantling of the line that had run along streets under the large SBB railway bridge to Biel station forecourt. The underground station reduced the distance to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) trains and the station forecourt

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