Multiple new fleets for Dutch operators
DUTCH national rail operator NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) is spending around €2.5billion renewing and increasing the size of its passenger fleet.
Two large EMU orders are currently in production: CAF is building 118‘Civity’EMUs known as‘Sprinter New Generation’(SNG) – 68 three-car and 50 four-car trains – which will replace older‘Sprinter’ EMUs and the remaining Class 1700 electric locos, which operate with double-deck,
