Alstom delivers the first modernized Coradia Lint to LNVG in Germany

Alstom today delivered the first modernized regional train to Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) as part of a contract awarded by LNVG in May 2013 to modernize 24 Coradia Lint Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains. The contract was worth about 29 million euros.
The modernization will improve the journey for the 20,000 passengers who travel daily on the Weser-Ems network¹.

The modernization and certification of the trains will be performed at Alstoms Braunschweig facility, a site specialized in services for passenger trains. Improvements being carried out include the renewal of the doors, the modernization of the exterior varnishing as well as the integration of monitors for passenger information and the modernization of the interior, including chairs, floor and handrails. A wheelchair spot with intercom will also be added.

"The modernization of 24 Coradia Lint is the most extensive project performed at the Braunschweig site so far. 2,800 man hours have been invested in this first train, says Achim Alles, Managing Director Services, Germany.

The modernization of the vehicles will guarantee a lifespan of 15 years for the trains which will be running until 2030. Its the passengers who will benefit the most, adds Hans-Joachim Menn, Managing Director of LNVG.

Alstom is the only train manufacturer in Germany offering maintenance, service and modernization for all types of trains (even those not built by Alstom) as well as for transport information systems. Alstom modernises repairs and maintains electrical and diesel-powered passenger and freight locomotives at its Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Stendal and Waibstadt facilities in Germany.
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1) Lower Saxony, Germany

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