#3605· Baureihe 624
DB Class VT 24
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by MAN SE· from 1961· class of German diesel multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Db-624668-01: K. Jähne· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Class 624 and class 634 are types of diesel multiple unit, originally operated by Deutsche Bahn.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 331 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 41 years (1964–2005).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1968
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 88
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- MAN SE, DÜWAG
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, Polish State Railways, Transferoviar Călători
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 331 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'2' + 2'2' + 2'B'
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 624
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q466953, Wikipedia: DB Class VT 24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.