Stadler Rail wins billion-franc night train order from Kazakhstan

Published on December 12, 2025

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Stadler Rail is building almost 600 carriages for night trains in Kazakhstan, which is increasingly attractive for Swiss companies. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox It's shift change time at the Stadler Rail factory in Astana, Kazakhstan. A good 400 employees have recently been working here on almost 600 carriages for night trains. Kazakhstan wants to expand its railway infrastructure. The Thurgau-based railway manufacturer Stadler Rail is also helping with this. The order is worth over CHF2 billion ($2.5 billion). Phillip Brunner, head of Division Central Europe at Stadler Rail, rushes from meeting to meeting this evening. "We were able to take over the plant here and rebuild it accordingly," he says. Brunner already has experience in setting up factories in post-Soviet countries. Among other things, he helped set up the plant in Belarus. Stadler had to abandon the factory due to the sanctions against the country. "Nevertheless, we were able to benefit ... Full story here Are you the author?

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