Germany, Sept. 5 -- KfW IPEX-Bank is providing Stuttgarter Strabenbahnen AG (SSB) with a loan of EUR 84 million. The contract was signed today at the SSB Centre. SSB is using the loan as a contribution to financing 30 S-DT8.17 light rail vehicles. These 30 light rail vehicles will include both replacements and new procurements for SSB's light rail vehicle fleet. SSB is implementing the procurement of the S-DT8.17 vehicles as a contractual option following the current S-DT-8.16 light rail vehicle project with the manufacturer Stadler Deutschland GmbH. The SSB Supervisory Board approved the financing and procurement of the additional 30 vehicles. The cost forecasts for an S-DT8.17 series light rail vehicle are around EUR 6 million.KfW IPEX-Ba...