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#6527· TW 2000 (en 2500)

TW 2000

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Linke-Hofmann· rolling stock class

TW 2000, photo 1 of 9
1/9 ChristianSchd· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The TW 2000 is a Stadtbahn vehicle in operation on the Hanover Stadtbahn network in Hanover, Germany.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 80 km/htop speed
  • power 146 kWpower output
  • seats 101passengers
  • built 144made in total

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

  • 25.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 101: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
—
number built
144
kind
tram / light rail
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Linke-Hofmann, Siemens
operators
üstra
top speed
80 km/h
power
146 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo'2Bo'
length
25.8 m
capacity
101 passengers
Dutch name
TW 2000 (en 2500)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q575777, Wikipedia: TW 2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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