The trains, built in Bussnang, Thurgau, Switzerland, will enter passenger service in mid-2026 and operate on the historic Mont Blanc Express route between Martigny, Switzerland, and St-Gervais, France.
Seven Stadler trains will be put into service from mid-2026. They will replace the existing fleet on the historic route between Martigny in Switzerland and St-Gervais-les-Bains-le-Fayet in France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The cost of the seven new trains is CHF 76 million.
The trains are designed for combined operation on rack-and-pinion and adhesion lines. They can also run in double traction on the rack-and-pinion section, i.e. with two trains coupled together.
The Mont-Blanc Express has connected Martigny in the canton of Valais with St-Gervais-les-Bains in the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for more than a hundred years. TMR operates the section on the Swiss side up to the border at Le Châtelard, while SNCF is responsible for operations in France.
