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Lower Saxony signs a contract for the procurement of 14x Coradia iLint vehicles as well as 30 years of maintenance and energy supply. The 14x trains are produced by Alstom for the LNVG vehicle pool and are intended to transport passengers between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude from December 2021.

Sources: https://railcolornews.com/2017/11/09/de-fuel-cell-trains-are-coming-lnvg-orders-14-coradia-ilint-trains/

2021

March 11

The first unit of the series is showcased at the Alstom plant in Salzgitter .

Sources: https://x.com/AlstomDACH/status/1370015973214928899

2022

July 15

German authorities grant these units the final authorization for placement in service. This is the result of an extensive four-year testing period on the Weser-Elbe network. Alstom was able to extend the range by 200 km to 1,000 km overall.

The trains will be based in Bremervörde, where a hydrogen filling station has been installed by Linde, Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH (EVB) will gradually phase out Lint DMUs on line RB76 (Rotenburg – Verden) and RB33 (Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Buxtehude) lines and replace them by the new trains.

Originally, these units were planned to enter service in December 2021, so they are delayed by almost a year.

Sources: https://railcolornews.com/2022/08/01/de-german-authorities-full-authorization-for-evb-fuel-cell-trains/

2022

July 25

On 25.07.2022, four EVB iLints start their passenger (test) services on the Bremerhaven – Bremervörde / Buxtende / Cuxhaven (RB33) line.

Two additional units are expected to arrive in the coming weeks and by the end of August, the regular operation should be commenced.

Sources: https://railcolornews.com/2022/08/01/de-german-authorities-full-authorization-for-evb-fuel-cell-trains/

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