Bombardier Talent

what is it?

The Talent is a multiple unit light train manufactured by Bombardier that was developed by Waggonfabrik Talbot in Aachen shortly before the company was acquired by Bombardier in 1995. The name Talent is an acronym in German for TALbot LEichter Nahverkehrs-Triebwagen (in English, Talbot light suburban self-propelled car). It comes in a number of variants, including high-floor, low-floor, diesel-mechanical, diesel-hydraulic, diesel-electric, electric, and tilting, and in lengths of two, three, or four carriages.

who runs it

Deutsche BahnAustrian Federal RailwaysVyHungarian State RailwaysRegioJetBayerische OberlandbahnNordWestBahnEurobahnNiederbarnimer EisenbahnTransdev GmbHSteiermarkbahn Transport und LogistikOC TranspoPrignitzer EisenbahnTransferoviar Călători

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• power 1.5 MWpower output
• built 830made in total

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

—

number built

830

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

builders

ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Waggonfabrik Talbot

designer

Alexander Neumeister

operators

Deutsche Bahn, Austrian Federal Railways, Vy, Hungarian State Railways, RegioJet, Bayerische Oberlandbahn, NordWestBahn, Eurobahn, Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn, Transdev GmbH, Steiermarkbahn Transport und Logistik, OC Transpo, Prignitzer Eisenbahn, Transferoviar Călători

top speed

140 km/h

power

1.5 MW

electric system

and , both from overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

B'2'B'

Dutch name

Talent

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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