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Bombardier Itino
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2002· diesel multiple unit
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Itino VIAS FFM-Hauptbahnhof: MdE· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 2. Krösatågen, Kisa station- 20250510 - 13: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Bombardier Itino Y31: Sertion· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Bombardier Itino is a family of diesel multiple units manufactured by Bombardier Transportation, originally developed by Adtranz. Trains of the family have two or three cars and are capable of speeds of around 140–160 km/h (90–100 mph). First introduced in 1998, a total of 57 units were manufactured at the former LEW Hennigsdorf factory between 2002 and 2010.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 38.4 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 24 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- 57
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- VIAS, Erfurter Bahn
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2 or 3 cars
- length
- 38.4 m
- weight
- 61.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q724532, Wikipedia: Bombardier Itino (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.