Introduction of battery trains in Germany

Introduction of battery trains in Germany by Alstom is delayed by two years, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

According to the manufacturer, this is due to the need for modifications to the battery module and software.

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine contributed to the delay.

Certification from the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) is expected to begin at the end of this year and take 5 months.

The customer, the passenger transport company VMS in Central Saxony, had planned to launch 11 three-car Coradia Continental trains with autonomous operation and a range of up to 120 km in December 2023, then mid-2024, but it is now postponed to late 2025.

Instead, 4 three-car double-decker push-pull trains from the German manufacturer Waggonbau Görlitz, financed by Alstom, will be temporarily used.

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