Bombardier Transportation will deliver 16 Bombardier Twindexx Vario multiple units to Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) for operation on the Kiel-Hamburg and Flensburg-Hamburg railway lines. Valued at approximately EUR 160 million and is part of a framework agreement between Bombardier and DB AG from December 2008. DB AG has already ordered 135 of the variable double-deck coaches for intercity transport as well as 18 intermediate coaches and three double-deck power cars for regional services.
Each of the 16 new four-car Twindexx Vario trains comprises two double-deck power cars and two intermediate coaches. The new trains will operate on the network LVS Schleswig-Holstein with speeds of up to 160km/h. The trains are scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2014.
The double-deck coaches are built at Bombardier’s Görlitz plant in Germany. The bogies are manufactured at the company’s site in Siegen, Germany, and the propulsion and control system is manufactured at its site in Västerås, Sweden.