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First Stuttgart EMUs refurbished by Alstom and DB Regio unveiled in Germany

30 January 2025
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The modernised Class 430 cars
The modernised Class 430 cars. Source: Thomas Niedermuller/DB
Chernetsev Nikita, Editorial Contributor
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Ivolgina Anna, Editorial Contributor to International Projects, ROLLINGSTOCK Agency

Germany: The first three four-car Class 430 trains were unveiled by DB Regio, the passenger operator.

The vehicles are to be launched on the Stuttgart S-Bahn in February. The EMUs were produced in the 2010s by a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation.

Inside the modernised Class 430 car Inside the modernised Class 430 car. Source: Thomas Niedermuller/DB

Started in 2021, the €200 mln programme to refurbish 215 Class 423 and 430 trains is implemented under the Digital Node Stuttgart project. The refurbishment takes place in Alstom’s plants in Hennigsdorf, Germany, and Villeneuve, Switzerland, as well as the DB Regio workshops in Nürnberg and Hagen, and Talbot’s site in Aachen, Germany. The programme is to be finished in 2026.

Inside the modernised Class 430 car Inside the modernised Class 430 car. Source: Thomas Niedermuller/DB

The refurbishment includes interior renewal, additional areas for bicycles, wheel- and pushchairs. The trains are also being equipped to operate in a semi-automated mode, level GoA2, and the ETCS system levels 2 and 3.

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