DB Regio has awarded a €150m contract for 25 new Coradia Continental electric multiple units (EMU) from Alstom.

The units will serve the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate regions of Germany and will be manufactured in Salzgitter.

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This latest deal is part of a frame contract concluded between the two companies in 2011 to deliver up to 400 Coradia Continental trains.

Alstom's Germany and Austria vice-president Didier Pfleger said: “After 53 trains ordered last month by Deutsche Bahn, the total number of Coradia Continental sold within the current frame contract exceeds 100 units, proving the satisfaction of our customer for this train.

"The total number of Coradia Continental sold within the current frame contract exceeds 100 units."

“Coradia Continental is a well-proven train for its regional operations, with a track record of 35 million kilometres per year performed by the total fleet in service and an availability rate of 99% per customer fleet.”

The four-car Coradia Continental locomotives feature up to 200 seats and are capable of operating at a maximum speed of 160km/h.

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Coradia Continental's vehicles also feature repeaters for an improved mobile communication, with sockets, video cameras, and a real-time passenger information system to display current train connection data.

The vehicle belongs to Alstom‘s Coradia range of modular trains currently operating in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, and Canada.

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