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Hamburg U-Bahn Type DT3
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Linke-Hofmann· from 1968· German U-Bahn train type operated in Hamburg
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hamburg- U-Bahn-Station Landungsbrücke- auf Bahnsteig Richtung Mümmelmannsberg- Richtung Barmbek- U-Bahn HHA Typ DT3 9.4.2009: Jivee Blau· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DT3 U-Bahn Hamburg U3 Baumwall - 3623-3f4: Pedelecs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. DT3 U-Bahn U3 Baumwall Abend - 6289-f6: Pedelecs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. HHA DT3 - 804-III: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. HHA DT3 - 870-III: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Clp 20060902 DT3 856 Rathaus: Christian Liebscher ( Platte )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. U-Bahn Hamburg DT3 01 modified: Platte C· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. U-Bahn Hamburg DT3 01 reworked: Platte C , (reworked by smial )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. U-Bahn Hamburg DT3 012: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. U-Bahn Hamburg DT3 01-rr: Platte C· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Type DT3 is a three-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Hamburger Hochbahn AG on the Hamburg U-Bahn.They were first introduced in 1968 to replace the 1911 to 1929-built Type T cars and to speed up the journey times on line U1.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 640 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 39.5 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1968–2024).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 127
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Linke-Hofmann, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Kiepe Electric, Alstom
- operators
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 640 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'Bo'Bo'
- length
- 39.5 m
- weight
- 47.1 t
- capacity
- 92 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1563650, Wikipedia: Hamburg U-Bahn Type DT3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.