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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Zwickau TrainTram: No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 2. 25a Bf Zwickau Zentrum, VT45 VB: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. RegioSprinter GW Train Typenschild (IMG 20220721 133710): Simon Legner ( User:simon04 )· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services. Originally the RegioSprinter was designated as a Regional Combustion-engined Railbus (Regional-Verbrennungstriebwagen or RVT) by Duewag. Developed as prototypes for fast regional railway services on the plains, the RegioSprinter still has the fastest acceleration of any multiple unit or railbus in Germany.
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
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 49
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, DÜWAG
- operators
- Hovedstadens Lokalbaner, Lokaltog
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 228 kW
- length
- 24.8 m
- weight
- 49.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q527098, Wikipedia: RegioSprinter (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.