DBAG Class 648

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DB AG Class 648
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Class 648 207
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel motor
BuilderAlsthom LHB
Model(?)
Total produced61+
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICB(2)B
Length:
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 • Over couplers41.81 m (137 ft 2+1⁄8 in)
Service weight155 t (153 long tons; 171 short tons)
TransmissionHydrodynamic
CouplersScharfenberg
Performance figures
Maximum speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Career
First run2000-?

The Class 648 is a two car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn for stopping regional rail services on unelectrified lines.[1]

General Information[]

The class are also known as Alstom Coradia LINT 41, which is used by many railway operators across Europe.

Liveries[]

All units are in the standard Verkehrsrot Red livery, however some carry brands for the areas they operate in such as HarzWeserBahn.

Services[]

DB Class 648 are used on the following services in the different regions (2011):

Bayern[]

  • Nürnberg - Neuhaus
  • Nürnberg - Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach
  • Fürth - Cadolzburg
  • Fürth - Markt Erlbach
  • Neustadt Aisch - Steinach - Rothenburg

Niedersachsen[]

  • Bad Harzburg - Goslar - Seesen - Kreiensen - [Northeim - Göttingen] / [Holzminden]
  • Braunschweig - Salzgitter - Seesen - Herzberg
  • Nordhausen - Herzberg - Northeim - [Göttingen]/[Bodenfelde]
  • RB85 - Göttingen - Bodenfelde - Ottbergen
  • RB86 - Northeim - Bodenfelde - [Ottbergen]
  • RB37 - Uelzen - Soltau - Bremen Hbf

Northrhein-Westfalen[]

  • RB52 - Dortmund - Herdecke - Hagen - Brügge - Lüdenscheid
  • RB53 - Dortmund - Schwerte - Iserlohn
  • RB54 - Unna - Fröndenberg - Menden - Neuenrade
  • RE57 - Dortmund - Hörde - Fröndenberg - Arnsberg - Meschede - Bestwig - Winterberg
  • RB92 - Finnentrop - Attendorn - Sondern - Olpe
  • RB93 - Siegen - Kreuztal - Hilchenbach - Vormwald - Erndtebrück - Birkelbach - Bad Berleburg
  • RB95 - Dillenburg - Haiger - Siegen - Betzdorf - Wissen - Au

Schleswig-Holstein[]

  • Büchen - Aumühle
  • Flensburg - Kiel
  • Lübeck - Travemünde
  • Lübeck - Puttgarden
  • Lübeck - Kiel
  • Lübeck - Lüneburg
  • Kiel - Neumunster

References[]

  1. ^ Garvin (2013).

Citations[]

  • Garvin, Brian (2013). German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn. Vol. 1. Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9094-3103-4.
  • Garvin, Brian (2015). German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn. Vol. 2. Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9094-3118-8.
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