Alstom Coradia LINT

The Alstom Coradia LINT is a diesel single-unit or two-unit articulated passenger railcar manufactured by Alstom. The acronym LINT is short for the German "Leichter Innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen" (light innovative local transport rail vehicle). It was designed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch (→ in German wikipedia), and since the buyout of LHB by Alstom, has been distributed as part of Alstom’s Coradia family.

The type designation gives the vehicle's length: The one-piece type LINT 27 has a length of 27,26 m and is also known as Baureihe 640 (class 640) of Deutsche Bahn. The two-part train, LINT 41, is 41,89 m long and in Germany also called Baureihe 648 (class 648), other configurations are offered, but not yet manufactured.

The Alstom Coradia LINT is part of Alstom Coradia family of range of Inter-city trains which includes multiple unit diesel (DMU) or electric (EMU) as well as double-decker trains. The LINT family offers capacities ranging from 70 to 300 seated passengers. They operate at speeds ranging from 62 mph (100 km/h) to 112 mph (180 km/h), The Coradia range are manufactured in Salzgitter in Germany, Valenciennes in France and in Italy in Savigliano.

The Italian adaptation is called Coradia Minuetto, and the French version, used in France and Luxembourg are called Class X 73500 (A-TER)....
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