Alstom to build depot for maintenance of electric trains in Bucharest
Alstom has announced is investing over €50 million to establish a state-of-the-art depot in Bucharest, for the maintenance of the new Coradia Stream electric passenger trains.
Alstom has announced is investing over €50 million to establish a state-of-the-art depot in Bucharest, for the maintenance of the new Coradia Stream electric passenger trains.
More than €52 million will be allocated to support the purchase of 37 electric trains in Romania.
Alstom has signed a contract to supply 40 Coradia Stream high-capacity multiple electric trains to Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein (NAH.SH), the integrated transport association that organizes rail passenger transport in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The first inter-regional electric frame of the 37 to be produced by Alstom for Romania will arrive at the Railway Testing Center in Faurei in July 2023.

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