#5233· Baureihe 605
ICE TD
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2001· diesel multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DB 605 007 KB: User:Qualle· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Advanced TrainLab: Bigbug21· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DBAG Class 605, commonly known as the ICE TD is a high-speed diesel multiple unit (DMU) train, formerly in service with Deutsche Bahn and DSB. It was retired from active passenger service in 2017 after years of operational issues with one trainset being kept and repurposed as a technology testbed.
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.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 39 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 107 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 195: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 25 years.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier
- operators
- DB Fernverkehr, DSB, Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2Bo+Bo2+2Bo+Bo2
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 107 m
- weight
- 232 t
- capacity
- 195 passengers
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 605
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q659660, Wikipedia: ICE TD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.