Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG), the railway operator in Berlin – Brandenburg, awarded Alstom a EUR 45 million contract to deliver eight Coradia Lint regional trains. The trains are the world’s first diesel multiple-unit trains with a Stage 5 EU emission standard Powerpack and are therefore particularly environmentally friendly.
They will be built at Alstom’s site in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, and delivered in the second half of 2022. In December 2022 they will start operation on the Netz-Elbe-Spree.
The two-part trains have a network-tailored boarding height and seating capacity for a total of 140 passengers as well as 12 bicycles or 6 pushchairs for children. Four doors on each side of the vehicle with automatic boarding aids enable fast passenger changeover times. People with reduced mobility benefit from spaces for wheelchairs and universally accessible toilets. Passengers will also be offered additional features such as WLAN, increased seat spacing, seat sockets, luggage racks, tables between face-to-face seats and extra-large, real-time information displays.
The trains are powered by three 400 kW engines, which for ecological and economic reasons can be switched off individually by a novel engine management system, and reach a maximum operating speed of 140 km/h. The vehicles are equipped with a new engine management system.
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