Smiley Trains

Good news from Germany! German state-owned operator @DB_Presse has formalised the contractual acceptance of the first 13 ICE L coach sets, built on the Talgo 230 platform, which has accessibility and comfort at the heart of its identity. This acceptance means the trains have comfortably passed the in-service reliability test. This milestone would have been unthinkable without the effort of every team involved in the project, in both Spain and Germany, since the tender began almost ten years ago. So to all of them: thank you and congratulations! At Talgo, we will keep working to complete delivery of the fleet to DB, so that the ICE L can reach more cities and countries in the coming years, contributing to the decarbonisation of mobility and to connecting Europe by rail. The Talgo 230 platform is already in service on the Copenhagen–Hamburg route, operated by Danish operator DSB under the EuroCity (EC) brand. Thanks to these trains, DSB has more than tripled passenger capacity on this service: it now offers 492 seats, compared with 136 on the previous trains.