2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ØSJS YM 2-VIII: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Vestbanen Lynette: Niels Karsdorp Dh3201· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Duewag Y is a series of diesel multiple units (DMUs) manufactured between 1965 and 1988 for Danish rail operators by the West German company Waggonfabrik Uerdingen. A total of 160 cars were built: 76 motor cars, 23 trailer cars, and 61 control cars. Introduced in 1965 by Danish private operators and later in 1984 by DSB, the Y-type units began being phased out in the 1990s.
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
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 52.5 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 327: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 160
- kind
- diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- DÜWAG
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- (1A)'(A1)'+2'2'+2'2'
- length
- 52.5 m
- weight
- 63 t
- capacity
- 327 passengers
- Dutch name
- Lynette
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1143325, Wikipedia: Y-train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.