[S] Trafikverket has issued a tender for new night trains

[JonasB]

Trafikverket has issued a tender for new night trains to be used on the Stockholm-Luleå/Narvik routes. https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:12896-2023:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=0

 

[jamesontheroad]

Interestingly, both locomotives and carriages, in one procurement.

 

[JonasB]

I did not expect that. Maybe it's a way, intentional or not, of giving Siemens a small advantage?

 

[JonasB]

After massive criticism regarding the loading gauge specified in the tender, Trafikverket is now reworking the tender to be able to include wider trains as well.