Network Rail has announced a considerable order has been placed to bolster its fleet of vehicles for engineers, with 300 new Fiat Doblo Cargo models set to be taken on in the coming months.

The organisation is responsible for the care and maintenance of more than 20,000 miles of railway lines across the country and therefore its engineers are needed to carry out thousands of miles of travel every year.

In addition, the body is responsible for maintenance to 18 major railway stations, 2,500 peripheral stations, 8,200 commercial properties and 32,000 bridges and tunnels.

As such, Network Rail required a vehicle that not only provides excellent load capacity to help engineers carry all the necessary equipment and materials needed for the upkeep of the nation's rail network, but the models also have to be friendly to the environment and efficient to run to keep costs to a minimum.

With sector-leading low levels of emissions and outstanding fuel efficient, Fiat's Doblo Cargo was therefore an easy choice for the organisation to make.

Responding to the significant new order, head of Fiat Professional UK Sebastiano Fedrigo commented: "Being chosen by Network Rail to supply its fleet of maintenance vehicles is not just a major vote of confidence in the robustness, efficiency, versatility and commercial sense of Fiat Professional products.

"We feel it also recognises the quality of our aftersales care as well as our ability to meet the exacting requirements of every single customer."

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