Flix orders trains worth €2.4 bln from Talgo, Siemens
27/05/2025 09:27
FRANKFURT, May 27 (Reuters) - Flix on Tuesday awarded a 2.4 billion euro ($2.72 billion) train order to Siemens SIEGn.DE and Spain's Talgo TLGO.MC, as the German bus and train operator banks on growing demand for high-speed services in Europe. Talgo said in a statement that, under the order, it agreed in principle to supply 65 high-speed Talgo 230 train models without locomotives, including maintenance, with an initial firm order of 30 units worth 1.06 billion euros. Flix, whose rivals include state-owned Deutsche Bahn, said in a separate statement that Siemens would supply the locomotives. It added that European demand for high-speed train services was expected to grow by 4% to 5% per year. "With the tremendous expansion of our train fleet, we will start a new era of train travel in Germany and Europe," said Flix CEO and co-founder Andre Schwaemmlein. ($1 = 0.8818 euros) (Reporting by Ludwig Burger, editing by Thomas Seythal) ((ludwig.burger@thomsonreuters.com;))