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BVG Class 480
DBAG Class 480
BVG Class 480 at Bornholmer Straße
ManufacturerAEG, Siemens, WU
Constructed1986-1987 (pilot series),
1990–1994
Number built85 multiple units
OperatorsDeutsche Bahn AG
Berlin S-Bahn
Specifications
Train length36.8 m (120 ft 9 in)
Maximum speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Weight60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons)
Electric system(s)750 V DC third rail
Current collector(s)Contact shoe
UIC classificationBo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
Safety system(s)mechanical train stop
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The BVG Class 480 is an electric multiple unit for the Berlin S-Bahn. It was originally meant to replace the aging S-Bahn rail cars in West Berlin, but after the reunification of the city, the remaining orders were cancelled and replaced by new orders for DBAG Class 481 cars in 1993.

History

Class 480 cars were ordered by BVG because the Class 475 trains, which had been taken over from Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) when BVG took control of the S-Bahn in West Berlin in 1984, were inadequate for use in West Berlin and were outdated. Both ends of a four-unit Class 480 train has a driving cab, allowing the flexibility of having two multiple units together. Four prototypes were delivered in 1986. Additional trains were ordered in order to cope with the five additional routes reopened after re-unification in 1989, which increased the West Berlin's S-Bahn to 117 km (73 mi).

As a result of in incident in the Nord-Süd Tunnel in August 2004, in which the last vehicle in a train was destroyed by fire, class 480 trains were removed from routes S1, S2 and S25, Bringing Class 481 trains into the service on these routes ahead of plan. These trains were redeployed to other lines such as S41, S42, S45 and S8. S85 also decided to use these trains.

Deployment of trains

These trains were deployed and commonly been seen at various lines:

  • S41: Ring (clockwise)
  • S42: Ring (counter-clockwise)
  • S45: Flughafen Schönefeld - Berlin-Südkreuz
  • S46: Königs Wusterhausen – Westend
  • S47: Spindlersfeld – Hermannstraße
  • S8: Zeuthen – Birkenwerder
  • S85: Grünau – Pankow


This page was last edited on 15 January 2024, at 16:35
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