Alstom has received homologation from the German Federal Railway Office for 91 new Coradia Lint diesel multiple units (DMU).
The regional trainsets, of which 63 will be operated by vlexx GmbH and the other 28 by LNVG, are due to enter service in December.
Martin Lange, managing director of Alstom Transport in Germany, said: “We obtained the homologations for the vehicles in close partnership with the ‘Eisenbahn-Bundesamt’. This is an outstanding performance that underlines the efficiency of the reforms for the faster homologation of railway vehicles, which were introduced a year ago.
“Working alongside the customers, we now have to focus on a punctual commissioning of the vehicles.”
Vlexx will operate 63 of the DMUs on the network of regional express lines which connect the Rhineland-Palatinate’s regional network with Rheinhessen, Nahe and Westpfalz, as well as Saarland with the metropolitan regions Rhine-Main and the cities of Mainz, Rüsselsheim and Frankfurt.
Erixx will use the new trainsets on its diesel network in southeast Lower Saxony.
The total value of the two new fleets is around €420 million.
