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BVG Class HK
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Adtranz· from 2001· The BVG Class HK is a type of electric multiple unit in service on the Berlin U-Bahn. It is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. The HK is a Kleinprofil variant of the larger Großprofil H series.
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BVG-Baureihe HK auf der U4, U-Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz, Berlin, 09-08-2026 (3): Jcornelius· CC BY 4.0
- 2. BVG HK series 1004 leaving Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park station 20130718 3: DXR· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The BVG Class HK is a type of electric multiple unit in service on the Berlin U-Bahn. It is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) (Berlin Transport Company). The HK is a Kleinprofil (small profile) variant of the larger Großprofil (large profile) H series.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 51.6 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,624: 32 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 25 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Kleinprofil
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(A1)+(1A)Bo′+Bo′(A1)+(1A)Bo′
- formation
- 4 per train set, DM–M–M–DM
- length
- 51.6 m
- weight
- 227 t
- capacity
- 1,624 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q797125, Wikipedia: BVG Class HK (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.