Deutsche Bahn selects Alstom for a framework contract
involving 180 regional trains

Diesel-engined train sets made up of one, two or three
coaches, the trains will de designed and manufactured on the
Alstom site of Salzgitter, in Germany. Coradia LINT trains can
operate at speeds up to 120km/h. Each train can accommodate
from 70 to 200 passengers. The continuous low floor, mobile
steps located at the entrance to the trains and gangways
between the coaches make access and getting around on board the
train easier, in particular for people with reduced mobility.
The trains are also equipped with tactile pictograms for the
partially sighted, as well as toilets arranged for passengers
with disabilities. Lastly, the Coradia LINT trains comply with
Alstom's environmental policy: they are 95% recyclable,
equipped with an environment friendly engine, complying with
the European Level 3A regulation, and with a
filter reducing the emissions of soot particles by 95%.



Since the launch of the first regional trains in the Coradia
LINT range, in 2000, Alstom has sold 425 trains in Germany, the
Netherlands and Denmark, to public and private operators.
Proven and particularly reliable, Coradia LINT trains have
covered over 300 million kilometres in commercial service. In
Germany, Deutsche Bahn AG has already ordered 143 Coradia
LINTs.


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