The French rail vehicle manufacturer Alstom sees its future at the Bautzen site secured by major orders. The first step has now been taken with the inauguration of a new production line for regional trains.
The 2.3 million euro facility will initially produce 34 trains for Romania. According to the company, the order is worth around 400 million euros. The so-called Coradia Stream electric trains are an Alstom classic. There are already 4000 trains of this type in operation in Europe. Until now, the approximately 1100 employees in Bautzen had completed orders from the time when the Bautzen plant belonged to the Canadian Bombardier Group. Alstom took over Bombardier's train division in 2021.
