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SEARCHThe Alstom Coradia Lint for Ottawa has a capacity of 260 passengers and is designed for enhanced passenger comfort and experience. The train also features a low-floor for easy access, spacious seating and aisles, large panoramic windows and on-board bicycle storage.
The Alstom Coradia Lint trains delivered to OC Transpo entered into service on the approximately 4-mile light rail O-Train Trillium Line in Ottawa, Canada.
The Alstom Coradia Lint for Ottawa has a capacity of 260 passengers and is designed for enhanced passenger comfort and experience. The train also features a low-floor for easy access, spacious seating and aisles, large panoramic windows and on-board bicycle storage.
Alstom’s competence center for regional trains located in Salzgitter, Germany, manufactured the trains.
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