#4200· BVG type G
BVG Class G
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by LEW Hennigsdorf· from 1974· small profile electric train on the Berlin U-Bahn
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1083 Hennigsdorf (Werk) 19.09.10: Wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Berlin- Berlin-Charlottenburg- U-Bahnhof Kurfürstendamm (U 1)- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 1- Richtung Bahnhof Berlin Warschauer Straße (BVG-Baureihe G, 1087-1) 19.2.2017 (cropped and rotated): Jivee Blau· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class G is an electric multiple unit train type used on the Berlin U-Bahn. The trains were originally developed for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe of East Berlin.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25.7 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 52 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1974
- in service from
- 1974
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- LEW Hennigsdorf
- operators
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- formation
- 2 cars per set
- length
- 25.7 m
- weight
- 37 t
- Dutch name
- BVG type G
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q797123, Wikipedia: BVG Class G (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.