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DR Class 270
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by AEG· from 1990· class of East Germen electric multiple unit, used on Berlin S-Bahn
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DB S-Bahn Berlin 485 121: Johannes Fielitz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. S-Bahn Berlin Baureihe 485: Jorges· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DR Class 270 was an electric multiple unit of the Berlin S-Bahn. It was designed for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) and was intended to be the replacement for the ageing fleet of S-Bahn units in East Berlin. Test runs were started in 1987 and the first batch was delivered in 1990.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 36.2 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1990–2023).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 166
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- AEG, LEW Hennigsdorf
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- length
- 36.2 m
- weight
- 59 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155049, Wikipedia: DR Class 270 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.