In addition to the delivery of the trains, Alstom has been contracted to provide full-service maintenance for a period of 30 years to ensure the trains’ seamless availability. Furthermore, the contract reserves an option to order up to 100 additional trains.
“This contract undoubtedly marks a milestone in the cooperation between Alstom and the state of Baden-Württemberg. State-of-the-art trains like our Coradia Stream High Capacity are the best answer to the question of how to meet the growing need for sustainable and future-proof mobility solutions in Germany,” said Müslüm Yakisan, president of Alstom Region DACH.
Winfried Hermann, minister of transport in Baden-Württemberg, added, “When awarding the contract, we set very high standards for the performance and technology of the vehicles. In terms of passenger comfort, we are setting new standards in regional rail transport that have not yet been achieved in Germany. These trains are sprinters in local transport. We want to attract many additional passengers with these trains.
“Alstom must ensure seamless operational capability of the trains daily within the framework of the so-called life cycle model (LCC model). Care was also taken to ensure that, despite very powerful vehicles with a top speed of 200 km/h, we also get very energy-efficient vehicles. Alstom will also be responsible for energy consumption for the duration of the contract,” he added.
The Coradia Stream is a low-floor, high-performance electric multiple unit (EMU), with a maximum speed of up to 200 km/h that offers a modular design. Developed for the European market, Coradia Stream can operate on all the main European power supply systems. In total, over 730 trains based on the Coradia Stream train family have been ordered in Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Spain. The train family also offers emission-free traction solutions such as battery or hydrogen for non-electrified lines.
For SFBW, Alstom will be supplying four-car trains, which consist of two double-deck control cars and two single-deck middle cars, for a total of 380 seats. They have a length of 106 meters and can operate in multiple traction. The trains are built according to SFBW requirements and contribute to modern transport in the region.
The trains are also equipped with modern signaling and automation technology in the scope of the lighthouse project known as Digital Node Stuttgart (DKS), Germany’s first digitized railway node. The trains will start operation in 2025 at the same time as the first two sections of the DKS. The subsequent upgrading of the vehicles to TSI CCS 2022, the future evolution of the European standard for cross-border traffic in the European Economic Area, will be deployed until mid-2027. This will allow all three sections of the DKS to be used.