10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RABe 514 bei Felben-Wellhausen: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( https://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. "ZVV-Livery 2023 " RABe 514 015: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. RABe 514 in Thalwil, Switzerland: Sub atomic· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SBB RABe 514: Ikiwaner ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Frontansicht einer SBB RABe 514: Ich, Glugi12 , helfe dir gerne... Pro / Contra 17:07, 16. Apr. 2010 (CEST)· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 6. LR25 RABe 514, Oberstock, 2.Klasse: E235JREMU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. LR25 RABe 514, Treppenhaus Mittelstock: E235JREMU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. LR25 RABe 514, Unterstock, 1.Klasse: E235JREMU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. RABe 514 DTZ EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. RABe 514 Feierabendverkehr in Effretikon: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· GFDL
what is it?
The RABe 514 is a class of four-car double-decker electric multiple unit used by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) for the Zurich S-Bahn. It is part of the Siemens Desiro Double Deck product family. The trains are also referred to as DTZ, which stands for the German word Doppelstocktriebzug (lit. 'double decker multiple unit').
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 100 m long: about 22 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
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- number built
- 61
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Stadler Rail
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 100 m
- weight
- 225 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q687085, Wikipedia: SBB RABe 514 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.