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Hamburg U-Bahn Type DT4
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Linke-Hofmann· from 1989· German U-Bahn train type operated in Hamburg
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Clp 20060902 DT4 Jungfernstieg: Christian Liebscher ( Platte )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DT4 U-Bahn U4 Überseequartier - 3928-df3: Pedelecs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. HHA DT4 Innenansicht-new: Christian Stockmar· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. HHA DT4 Innenansicht: it-fred· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. DT4 (102): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DT4 (103): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DT4 (104): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DT4 (105): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DT4 (106): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DT4 (107): Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Type DT4 is a four-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Hamburger Hochbahn AG on the Hamburg U-Bahn system since 1988.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 60.3 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 182: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 37 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 126
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Linke-Hofmann, ABB Group, Alstom
- operators
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′2′Bo′+Bo′2′Bo′
- length
- 60.3 m
- weight
- 76.8 t
- capacity
- 182 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1563652, Wikipedia: Hamburg U-Bahn Type DT4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.