6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Type 474 HH-Diebsteich: Jacek Rużyczka· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BR 474 Doppeltraktion im Haltepunkt Hamburg-Dammtor: Erdem1370· CC BY 4.0
- 3. DBAG 474 1: Huhu· Public domain
- 4. DBAG 474 Fahrgastabteil: IKrümelmonster· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Class 474 EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DBAG 474: Huhu at de.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The DBAG Class 474/874 is a three-car electric multiple unit train for the Hamburg S-Bahn. The class 474 were built to replace the nearly-60-year-old class 471 trains. Some units have a pantograph (474.3) to service the 2007 opened line to Stade on an overhead catenary track.
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
- 920 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 66 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
- 191
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Alstom, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 920 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.2 kV DC (474.1-3), Third rail, 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz (474.3), catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 66 m
- weight
- 102 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q547773, Wikipedia: DBAG Class 474 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.