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SBB Bem 550
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey· from 1994· railway gauge standard
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 20060919S57 550000: Markus Giger· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SBB Bem 550 Russin: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Bem 550 Geneve 300714: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. FFS Bem 550 000 001 Satigny 150414 R96742 Ge-Bellegarde: NAC· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. FFS Bem 550 000-4 Russin 070411: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. FFS Bem 550 002 LaPlaine 140714 R96780: NAC· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. FFS Bem 550 002-0 LaPlaine 010110 banco: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. J20 629 Bf Genève-Cornavin, Bem 550 003, B 82621: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. J20 630 Bf Genève-Cornavin, Bem 550 003, B 82622: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. J20 631 Bf Genève-Cornavin, Bem 550 000: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Bem 550 were a series of standard gauge EMU formerly operated by Swiss Federal Railways on the Geneva - Bellegarde line between 1994 and 2014. They was equipped to run with French electric power (1500 V DC) and signalling systems.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 300 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 20 years (1994–2014).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey, ABB Group
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 300 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 42.5 t
- capacity
- 79 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17190976, Wikipedia: SBB Bem 550 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.