Saft to ensure power backup on Alstom’s commuter trains in Sweden

March 17 (SeeNews) – French transport and power equipment maker Alstom (EPA:ALO) has picked high-tech batteries maker Saft (EPA:SAFT) to ensure power backup onboard the Coradia Nordic X60 suburban trains ordered by the Swedish public transport authority SL.

Under the agreement, Saft will provide its fully integrated MRX nickel-based battery systems to ensure energy backup at the 46 regional trains.

SL has ordered the Coradia Nordic electric multiple unit (EMU) trains in a move to replace part of its ageing fleet and expand its network, Alstom said.

Alstom will start delivery of the trains in 2016.

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