Battery EMUs ordered to replace diesel on partially electrified network

Pfalznet Lot 1 Stadler Flirt Akku BEMU impression (1)

GERMANY: DB Regio has been awarded two regional passenger train operating contracts in Rheinland-Pfalz, and has placed an order for 44 Stadler Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units to meet a requirement for services on the 240 km partially electrified Pfalznetz Lot 1 network to be converted from diesel to electric-only operation.

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