ALSTOM has confirmed an order to supply German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio with 18 Coradia Max EMUs for use on regional express services between Hamburg and Rostock and ultimately L\u00fcbeck.<\/p>\n
DB Regio was announced as the winner<\/a> of the tender to operate the Ostsee-Alster network for 14 years from December 2027 in November. The contract was awarded by Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg city state. The announcement said that Alstom would supply nine five-car and nine three-car trains to DB Regio to operate the service.<\/p>\n Alstom said on January 18 that the new five-car trains with 462 seats each will offer up to 50% more seating capacity at peak times between Hamburg and B\u00fcchen, compared with the locomotive-hauled double-deck push-pull trains that they will replace.<\/p>\n The three-car trains will operate the future extended electric service from Rostock and Schwerin to L\u00fcbeck. As well as electrification between Bad Kleinen and L\u00fcbeck, this will require the construction of a new connecting curve. The three-car trains will each have 265 seats.<\/p>\n The new fleet will be manufactured at Alstom\u2019s plant in Salzgitter.<\/p>\n Mr Carsten Moll, chairman of DB Regio Northeast describes the Hanse Express service as \u201cone of the region\u2019s most important lifelines for commuters and day trippers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe federal states are investing in state-of-the-art trains in which travellers will benefit from additional passenger information and lounge areas,\u201d he says. \u201cThe RE4 L\u00fcbeck – Schwerin and RE2 L\u00fcbeck – Rostock lines will add more services to Hanse Express.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWith our new double-deck trains, we are helping DB Regio to expand its passenger services in the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in a sustainable and modern way,\u201d says Mr M\u00fcsl\u00fcm Yakisan, president of Alstom\u2019s Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) region.<\/p>\n For detailed data on German fleet orders, subscribe to IRJ Pro<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Alstom confirms order for north German regional fleet<\/a> appeared first on International Railway Journal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ALSTOM has confirmed an order to supply German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio with 18 Coradia Max EMUs for use on regional express services between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rail-news","category-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t