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SBB RABDe 12/12
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein· from 1965· class of 20 Swiss electric multiple units
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SBB RABDe 510: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· Public domain
- 2. SBB multiple unit RABDe 12-12 in 1983 (Com LC1943-001-021): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) / Com_LC1943-001-021 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The RABDe 12/12 (later renumbered to RABDe 510) is a threepart electric multiple unit used for commuter traffic by the Swiss Federal Railways, SBB. The trains were put into service in the late 1960s and were in S-Bahn service around Zurich until December 2008.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 2.4 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 73.3 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1965–2008).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 125 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'
- length
- 73.3 m
- weight
- 170 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q687141, Wikipedia: SBB RABDe 12/12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.