ALSTOM to deliver regional trains to Deutsche Bahn

The new, fast-accelerating CORADIA LINT trains run up to a
speed of 120 km/h and offer seats for 136 passengers. Great
attention has been paid to a comfortable, barrier-free layout
of the new vehicles: a wheelchair ramp, additional controls as
well as separate request buttons, emergency communication
buttons, additional train destination indicators in the
interior and special gibs on  the exterior doors of the
vehicle for visually impaired people, facilitate travelling
especially for mobility-impaired passengers. The automatic gap
bridging, which is carried out flush with the floor level of
the vehicle, provides comfortable access for all passengers.
The vehicles are also equipped with a toilet suitable for
mobility-impaired passengers, which is located in one of the
spacious multiple-purpose areas.

The new trains are provided with state-of-the-art
heating/ventilation/air-conditioning equipment as well as a
modern information system. A powerful motor meeting the
requirements of the latest EU regulation stage 3a allows an
environmentally friendly operation.

We are very pleased that our proven CORADIA LINT will
soon serve Bavaria. We regard this project as an important
reference and hope to win further orders in this German
land, said Jochen Slabon, head of the Regional
Traffic  section at ALSTOM in Salzgitter.

Since the delivery of the first vehicles in 2000, CORADIA
LINT has established itself as one of the most popular regional
train ranges : in total, ALSTOM has sold 337 CORADIA LINT
trains in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark to private and
state transport authorities as well as operators.

Technical data of the CORADIA LINT for Deutsche Bahn
(DB Regio AG)

Type of vehicle:  two-unit DMU

Width:      2,750 mm

Length:      41,810 mm

Seating capacity (in total):    136 seats

Maximum speed:     120 km/h

Floor height low-floor section:  598 mm

Floor height medium-floor section: 1,038 mm

Floor height high-floor section:  1,160 mm

Power:  2 x 335 kW

Driven wheelsets:     4 of 6

Drivers cab and passenger room:    
 air-conditioned

Low-floor portion:    approx. 60 %

With more than 35 product lines and a presence in more
than 60 countries, ALSTOM's Transport sector offers complete
products and services for new rolling stock, signaling, and
electrical and mechanical infrastructure as well as
maintenance and rehabilitation services to four distinct
types of customers: urban transit authorities and operators;
intercity passenger rail operators and rolling stock owners;
rail freight operators; and intercity railway infrastructure
owners. ALSTOM's Transport sector, with sales of 5.1 billion
euros in financial year 2004-2005, is among the world's
leading suppliers to the railway industry.

Press information :

Susanne Trabitzsch

Tél. + 33 (0) 1 41 66 97 16

susanne.trabitzsch@transport.alstom.com