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VAG Class DT2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by MAN SE· from 1993· German U-Bahn train type operated in Nuremberg
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nürnberg U-Bahn DT2 Train: Jcornelius ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. VAG DT2 541 20160815: Nyamo Kurosawa· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VAG Class DT2 is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg on the Nuremberg U-Bahn system. It is a derivative of the MVG Class B, in service on the Munich U-Bahn since 1981.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 876 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 37.5 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- number built
- 12
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- MAN SE, Adtranz, Siemens Mobility
- operators
- VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 876 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC Third rail
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 37.5 m
- weight
- 55 t
- capacity
- 82 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1441986, Wikipedia: VAG Class DT2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.