Alstom to deliver three more trains to Östgötatrafiken

The new trains will be delivered in spring 2019, with Östgötatrafiken expecting them to be in operation in the summer of that year.

The trains will be built in Alstom’s site in Salzgitter, Germany.

The Coradia Nordic train delivered to Östgötatrafiken consists of four cars, is 74 meters long in total, and has a capacity for up to 510 passengers. The train will run at a maximum speed of 160km/h. The Coradia family is characterised by modularity, safety and performance. More than 97% of the train is recyclable.

Alstom is currently delivering an additional 30 trains to Skånetrafiken and these new units for Östgötatrafiken will be an add-on to that production line, notably regarding the car body shell production.

”I am very proud that our trains are to the full satisfaction of our customer, and that Östgötatrafiken [have chosen] to increase their fleet of Coradia Nordics, co-producing with Skänetrafiken,” says Björn Asplund, Managing Director for Alstom in Sweden.

Since 2002, 280 regional Coradia Electric Multiple Unit single deck trains have been sold in the Nordic region. In total, more than 3,000 regional trains have been sold in Europe, and they are currently running in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK.