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Siemens wins $2.2 billion Belgian train order

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Siemens said Thursday that its mobility division has won an order for trains worth more than 1.4 billion euros ($2.2 billion) from Belgian rail operator the SNCB. The order is for 305 multiple-unit trains and is the biggest order Siemens has ever received in the rolling stock sector. The first trains will be manufactured at a plant in Germany beginning in the summer of 2009, with delivery scheduled from 2011 through 2016.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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