Stadler Citylink

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The Stadler Citylink (known as the Vossloh Citylink until 2015) is a series of tram-trains manufactured by Stadler Rail at its Valencia factory since 2011. The design was introduced by Vossloh España before their takeover by Stadler Rail in 2015. They are currently used in Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom, with more on order in Austria. Stadler opened a new factory in the United States in 2016, which is in the process of building up to 80 Citylink vehicles for service in Salt Lake City beginning in 2028.^[1]

The Class 399 variant was placed into service on the Sheffield Supertram network from September 2017 as the United Kingdom's first tram-train; following the success of this trial, the Class 398 variant has been ordered and is due to enter service on the South Wales Metro from 2022. The largest order to date for Citylinks was placed as part of the VDV Tram-Train Project in January 2022, with a consortium of six Austrian and German operators ordering 246 vehicles with an option to order a further 258 afterwards. The deal is worth €4 billion (£3.3 billion), and is the largest contract in Stadler's history.^[2]