Stadler opens customer acceptance centre in Hennigsdorf, 128 jobs

On 5 June 2026 Stadler opened Hall 1 of its new commissioning centre in Hennigsdorf, north of Berlin, where trains can be tested under the grid voltage of their future country of use before handover to customers (multi-voltage supply, an in-hall overhead line for the first time in a Stadler plant in Germany). The project costs about EUR 40 million and is to create 128 jobs; it consolidates activities from the existing Velten site and serves the Berlin-Pankow plant. The hall is stage two of five on the site of about 46,000 m² bought in 2023; the remaining three run until 2027 and include two refurbished existing halls and a 744 m outdoor test track (LOK Report, 5 Jun 2026). Update (5 June 2026): Stadler has inaugurated Hall 1 of its customer acceptance centre in Hennigsdorf, where 128 staff are due to work; the remaining construction stages run until 2027. (LOK Report, 5 June 2026)