BLS RABe 525

what is it?

The BLS RABe 525, also known as NINA or Nina, is a Swiss electric multiple unit built by Bombardier Transportation with electrical equipment by Alstom. The train is principally used by the BLS AG on Bern S-Bahn services, four units (525 038-041) belong to RegionAlps. An updated version exists as the BLS RABe 535, also known as Lötschberger, also exists with a revised front end and an interior intended for longer distance services.

who runs it

BLS AGRegionAlps

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• power 256 kWpower output
• weight 79 tin working order
• seats 179passengers
• built 37made 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

• 🎂First built 28 years ago, in 1998.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏47.7 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 179: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 28 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1998

in service from

1998

status

in service

number built

37

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

builders

Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom

operators

BLS AG, RegionAlps

top speed

140 km/h

power

256 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo'2'2'Bo' / Bo'2'2'2'Bo'

length

47.7 m

weight

79 t

capacity

179 passengers

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