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Transport Scotland and First ScotRail have placed an order worth over £240m with Siemens Mobility for the supply of 38 Desiro UK type electric multiple units.

Transport Scotland

and

First ScotRail

have placed an order with

Siemens Mobility

for the supply of 38 Desiro UK type electric multiple units.

The order is worth over £240m and includes maintenance and spare parts services.

The order, a first for Siemens Rolling Stock in Scotland, will raise the UK’s Desiro fleet to 354 units.

The 38 new trains, to be built at Siemens’ plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, are due to enter passenger service in December 2010. They will operate initially between Ayr and Glasgow.