CAF To Acquire Alstom’s Coradia Polyvalent Platform
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Railway Technology.
It looks like the EC’s conditions of Alstom’s takeover of Bombardier are as follows.
- Coradia Polyvalent platform goes to CAF.
- French Reichshoffen production site to CAF.
- Talent3 platform to CAF.
- Rights to the IP involved in the Hitachi/Bombardier joint venture to develop high speed trains goes to Hitachi.
It is interesting that there is no mention of the Aventra. But then in Alstom And Eversholt Rail Sign An Agreement For The UK’s First Ever Brand-New Hydrogen Train Fleet, I talked about Alstom’s new hydrogen-powered train based on the Aventra.
Perhaps, the Aventra was the stand-out design in Bombardier’s portfolio?
After all Alstom have already designed a hydrogen-powered train based on the platform
November 25, 2021 - Posted by AnonW | Design, Transport/Travel | Alstom, Alstom Coradia Polyvalent, Alstom Hydrogen Aventra, Aventra, Bombardier, Bombardier Takeover, CAF, European Commission, Hitachi, Hydrogen-Powered Trams, Talent 3 Train
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Maybe the Aventra, which replaced the Electostar and followed the requirements of the former TSIs, is an outstanding design, but more importantly it’s a vehicle platform created with the UK in mind.
It’s a good thing that the engineers at Derby had the foresight to design it with the possibility of incorporating battery or fuel cell power.
Comment by fammorris | November 26, 2021 |
In this post I pointed out that it’s not much different in size to an iLint.
It also seems to have been forgotten that Bombardier proposed a 125 mph Aventra with batteries.
Are Alstom envisaging a 125 mph hydrogen train for perhaps places like Australia, South America or Africa in addition to the UK?
In the UK, it would be ideal for Waterloo and Exeter or CrossCountry.
Comment by AnonW | November 26, 2021 |