The Alstom Coradia LINT is a diesel single-unit or two-unit articulated railcar manufactured by Alstom. The acronym LINT is short for the German "Leichter Innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen" (light innovative local transport rail vehicle). It was designed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) (acquired 1996 by Alstom), has been distributed as part of Alstom’s Coradia family.[1]

After 20 years, the Class 628-4 was developed as big brother of the first Class 628 and numbered as 628 401 till 628 450. In the period between 1992 and 1996, 309 railcars were build. The multiple units can be find in whole Germany on mainlines and branche lines. Due to the high number of vehicles, the BR628-4 forms the backbone of German passengertrains on non-electrified routes.

In this modern days, the BR628-4 is not powerfull enough for hilly routes. So the multiple units are now often replaced by newer diesel multiple units with two powered carriages, for example the BR 643 and 644 (Talent) and the BR 648 (LINT).

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