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Stadler Rail is at the moment in full swing assembly to deliver 38 railcars to Arriva Achterhoek.

For test runs with full load, sandbags were brought in, sitting in comfort in the new 262 passenger arrangment... the railcar has a 75% lowfloor capacity.

Showing a lot of service provided with the new GTW for Arriva Netherlands. Just one sign is missing, sandbags ... see another pictures.

Parked in between test runs this GTW stays at Sargans in eastern Switzerland.

Coupling devices of the GTW. The GTW DMU line fulfils the requirements of TSI PRM and the norms of energy absorption in case of a collision. Altogether four units of this railcar can run as a single train, each with 262 seating arrangement and extra wide seat pitch.

Based on the diesel articulated railcars for regional rail service in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, Stadler Rail Switzerland developed a new generation of GTW DMU 2/6 and 2/8 for the region of Achterhoek–Rivierenland. The trains are equipped with economic diesel engines (Stage 3b). Remarkable is the excellent comfort with air-suspension,

Arriva Nederlands has 2010 24 DMU-GTW 2/6 and 2/8 for the concession „Rivierenland-Achterhoek“ ordered. First vnit of the new batch was officially handed over on May 10th, 2012.