The acronym LINT is short for the German "leichter innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen" (light innovative local transport rail vehicle).

The Alstom Coradia LINT is part of Alstom Coradia family of Inter-city trains which includes multiple unit diesel (DMU) or electric (EMU) as well as double-decker trains.

The trains are predominantly used on non-electrified light railways in North Rhine-Westphalia amongst other regions.

Alstom delivered six new trains to operate on the O-Train Trillium Line in Ottawa.

The new trains went into service on 2 March 2015, displacing the previous Bombardier Talent fleet.

In September 2012, Netinera ordered 63 Coradia LINT trains from Alstom, which would be used on services in Rhineland-Palatinate.

[7] On 16 September 2018, the first Coradia iLint entered service on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany.

[9] In 2019, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, the transit network serving the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region, ordered 27 iLint multiple-units to be delivered by December 2022.

[10] The iLint operated its first North American route as a demonstration service from Montmorency Falls to Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec, Canada, in summer 2023.