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Siemens successful in Budapest:
The Budapest Transport Authority BKV has decided to re-equip its heavily
patronised city ring tram routes 4 and 6 (used by 220 000
passengers/day) with new cars that will be the longest trams in the
world. 40 53-meter low-floor double-ended articulated cars based on the
Combino variant previously delivered to Düsseldorf have been ordered
from Siemens/Kiepe for delivery in 2005-6. The EUR 150 million contract
will see the nine-section 351-passenger trams built at the Siemens plant
in Krefeld-Uerdingen.
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24 April 2003
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