Refurbished Stuttgart S-Bahn trains ready to return to service

GERMANY: The first three Stuttgart S-Bahn electric multiple-units to be refurbished have been unveiled by operator DB Regio and transport authority VRS ahead of their return to passenger service in February.

The €200m programme to refurbish 215 Class 423 and 430 EMUs is being undertaken at the DB workshops in Nürnberg and Hagen and Alstom’s sites at Hennigsdorf in Germany and Villeneuve in Switzerland.

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