Denmark’s Lokaltog places first order for Stadler RS Zero railcar

DENMARK: Lokaltog has selected Stadler to supply four RS Zero battery railcars for the Jægersborg – Nærum line north of København, the first commercial tender selection for the type. Stadler told Railway Gazette International it was ‘very happy to have succeeded’ with the debut order, with the trans expected to enter service from 2031.

Lokaltog announced on October 6 that it had chosen Stadler and Swiss electrification specialist Furrer+Frey to supply the four battery-electric railcars and related charging equipment for the 7.8 km line. The trains are due to enter service in the first half of 2031, replacing four RegioSprinter diesel trains which date from 1999. Stadler says Lokaltog expects the switch to save around 800 tonnes of CO₂ a year.

The RS Zeros, derived from Stadler’s RegioShuttle RS1 diesel railcar, will be built at Stadler’s Berlin Pankow plant. ‘The RS Zeros for Denmark will be equipped with DC standstill charging through a small DC pantograph’, Stadler Deputy Group CEO and Head of Marketing & Sales Ansgar Brockmeyer told Railway Gazette International.

The contract has yet to be signed, and neither Lokaltog nor Stadler has disclosed its value. Lokaltog, owned by København-area public transport authority Movia, will finance the trains with loans guaranteed by Region Hovedstaden, which also subsidises the line’s operation. The operator expects to sign in January or February 2027, once the purchase has been approved by the councils of Region Hovedstaden and its successor, Region Østdanmark, which is being established on January 1 2027.

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