10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ET171 PA030035: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ET171 PA030005: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ET171 PA030008: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ET171 PA030011: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. ET171 PA030031: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. ET171 PA030032: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. ET171 PA030033: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. ET171 PA030036: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. S-Bahnhof Aumühle 1 mit ET171: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. S-Bahnhof Aumühle mit ET171: Joachim Müllerchen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DRG Class ET 171 (since 1968 DB Class 471/871) was a three-car electric multiple unit built for the S-Bahn Hamburg (rapid transit railway).
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 61 m long: about 14 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
- 1939–1958
- retired
- 2001
- status
- retired
- number built
- 72
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Alstom, MAN SE, Wegmann & Co., Brown, Boveri & Cie
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,2 kV DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 61 m
- weight
- 130 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q885067, Wikipedia: DRG Class ET 171 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.