- DUEWAG
The DUEWAG AG was one of
Germany 's major manufacturers for rail vehicles. The business was sold in 1999 toSiemens transportation .History
The company was founded in 1898 as Waggonfabrik Uerdingen AG in Uerdingen. After the merger with Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik in 1935,
railway vehicles were built in Uerdingen, whilst theDüsseldorf plant produced mainly local traffic vehicles, namelytram way andlight rail vehicles. Since 1981, the company officially carried the name DUEWAG.DUEWAG was sold to Siemens in 1989 byTalbot and the company was consequently dissolved in 2000.DUEWAG vehicles were close to a
monopoly market inWest Germany , as nearly every tram and light rail vehicle purchased from the 1960s onward was built by DUEWAG.Products
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DB Schienenbus
*GT8 tramcar
*GT6 tramcar
*TW 400
*TW 6000 Stadtbahn car (Hanover )
*Stadtbahnwagen B
*Y-trains External links
* [http://www.duewag.de DUEWAG AG i.A.]
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