Designers: Thomas Poquet, Gero Garske, Philipp Wronski, and Claudia Wessner, Alstom Advanced & Creative Design, Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH., Hennigsdorf, Germany
Manufacturer: Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH., Hennigsdorf, Germany
In March 2021 ALSTOM has won the contract for 32 regional train sets for the North German customer Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH (LNVG). The various trainsets with different car configurations of 3 to 6 cars will operate in northern Germany with a maximum speed of 160 kph.
Alstom’s CORADIA Stream HC is designed to meet passengers’ needs and expectations over the next decades with an attractive, safe, efficient and accessible train travel.
Every train set is always composed of single deck and double deck cars and combines in this way high capacity with optimized accessibility and passenger flow. Currently the design development is almost finished, the handover of the first train is scheduled in Q4 2024.
The new front end of the vehicle is a further development of the previous CORADIA Stream trains and will be the new face for the CORADIA Stream platform. It´s characterized by the contrast of soft modelled free form surfaces with a distinctive clear “streamline” edge and has a pure, friendly and open-minded appearance.
The closed and tidy modelled shape with invisible anti climbers supports the dynamic character visually and optimize the aerodynamic performance and low noise emission of the front end. All technical and functional necessary components in the upper front are dark and discreet colored and together with the windscreen integrated in a broad dark area.
The shape of the front lights is visual combined with the horn outlets and generates a broadminded character of the front. The harmonized cross sections of the single deck and double deck cars and consistent roof skirts merge both car types visually to one train. Well integrated, equal components (such as windows, doors, destination displays, loudspeakers) with harmonized positions support this effect and create a high aesthetic quality and ageless design.
The interior is splitable into various zones with customized mood lighting, passenger information and audio level; smart lighting to automatically adjust the LED according to the level of natural light, time of day, year, journey phase or zone; flexible areas adjustable in size according to seasons and passengers’ varying needs throughout the year; stretch and mounted flush internal displays; seat-reservation displays, Healthier MobilityTM solutions such as PEPA-F filter.