[CH / Expert] Ready, set, action: the SBB EC250 ‘Giruno’ roll-out!

On 18.05.2017, Stadler Rail presented the new Gotthard Tunnel train for the Swiss railways (SBB). As part of a festive ceremony, attended by Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation, Stadler Rail presented its new high-speed multiple unit train (SBB series 501) in operation, after only two and a half years of development and construction.

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