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#6213· Baureihe 425

DBAG Class 425

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· locomotive class

🚆 multiple unit electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Baureihe 425 601-2: Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald )· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. 2025-08-31 D300-7712 Achim-Lammerts Ludwigshafen-Rhein-Hbf-Track-2-BR-425: Achim Lammerts (Syntaxys)· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 2026-10-15 DBAG 425 in Karlsruhe Hbf Track 102 (Z5-11378E) by Achim Lammerts: Achim Lammerts (Syntaxys)· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Bahnhof Saarlouis, Güterzug und Br 425: Walter Becker· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. Baureihe 425 Bahnhof Bichlbach-Berwang HQ: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. BR 425 (MA Hauptbahnhof): Felixlp740· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. BR425 425 318-3 SRN: Trainspotter RheinNeckar· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. DB-Baureihe 425 (1999) S-Bahn Nürnberg: HerrMay· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Gleisfeld mit BR 425 in Mannheim: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Heidelberg - DB-Baureihe 425 - 2018-04-06 19-39-00: Photographs by Radosław Drożdżewski (User:Zwiadowca21)· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
DBAG Class 425, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald )· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Class 425 and Class 426 EMUs are a class of electric multiple units built by a consortium of Siemens, Bombardier and DWA, and are operated by DB Regio in Germany. They are essentially the same vehicle design, but the Class 425 EMU consists of four carriages, whereas the Class 426 EMUs only have two carriages.The class 425 has been produced in HO scale by Brawa and N scale by Kato Precision Railroad Models.

who runs it

DB RegioDB Regio Südost

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • power 2.4 MWpower output
  • weight 114 tin working order
  • built 249made 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 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
  • 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 67.5 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
—
number built
249
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Siemens, Adtranz, Siemens Mobility, Deutsche Waggonbau
operators
DB Regio, DB Regio Südost
top speed
160 km/h
power
2.4 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC (Germany) (Malaysia)
wheel arrangement
Bo'(Bo')(2')(Bo')Bo' resp.
length
67.5 m
weight
114 t
Dutch name
Baureihe 425

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

Sources: Wikidata Q540147, Wikipedia: DBAG Class 425 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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