#5015· BVG type H
BVG Class H
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Adtranz· from 1996· large profile electric train on the Berlin U-Bahn
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bvg-u-bahn-berlin-u5-adtranz-859487: Kurt Rasmussen· Attribution
- 2. J27 781 Bf Biesdorf Süd, ET 5041-6: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BVG Class H is a type of electric multiple unit train used on the Berlin U-Bahn, Berlin's underground rapid transit system. They were the first new design of wide profile trains introduced after the fall of the Berlin Wall and have been in use since 1996. It is the first model to allow passengers to freely walk through the entire length of the train, as opposed to having multiple closed off compartments.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 2.2 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 98.7 m long: about 22 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 580: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 30 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 46
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Bombardier, ABB Henschel
- operators
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 6 per train set, DM–M1–M2–M2–M1–DM
- length
- 98.7 m
- weight
- 227 t
- capacity
- 580 passengers
- Dutch name
- BVG type H
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q775632, Wikipedia: BVG Class H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.