Alstom Coradia

The Alstom Coradia family range of Inter-city trains and regional trains includes multiple unit diesel (DMU) or electric (EMU)as well as double-decker trains that can carry up to 900 passengers. There are a number of variants of this series, used in several countries.

Operators

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the family is represented by two sub-families. The diesel-powered Coradia 1000 family consists of Class 175, a unit currently operating in Wales, and Class 180 Adelante, a high-speed train formerly used by First Great Western, and now used by Grand Central, Hull Trains and Northern Rail.The electric Coradia Juniper family consists of the Class 334 (used for Glasgow commuter services), the Class 458 (used on routes from London Waterloo to Reading), and Class 460 (used for Gatwick Express airport services).

These two families are frequently referred to as simply Coradia and Juniper, respectively.

Mainland Europe

The Coradia LINT, originally designed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch , before their acquisition by Alstom, is a diesel-powered light train similar to the Siemens Desiro and Bombardier Talent. It is used by a number of railways in Germany (DB class 640 and 648), the Netherlands, and Denmark.

The Coradia Continental is sold to several operators in Germany. The first series to be introduced will be the BR 440 of Deutsche Bahn.The Coradia Duplex is a double-decker model, used for TER services in France (designated Class Z 26500), by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois...
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