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BLS RABe 515
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2012· electric multiple unit in Switzerland
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BLS RABe 515 Bürglen: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 4 BLS RABe 515 027 Allmendingen b B 200617: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BLS RABe 515 003 Bern: Hoff1980· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. BLS RABe 515 009 Thun 2108113: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. BLS RABe 515 016 (52046265084): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. BLS RABe 515 016 - Mutz 16 (Fribourg, 2014): JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. BLS RABe 515 027 Niederwangen 311016 S1 15170: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. BLS RABe 515 039 (53262122082): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. BLS RABe 515 Mutz 018 Langenthal: Sbb-piano· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Bls-rabe-515-002-interlaken-891769: Kurt Rasmussen· Attribution
what is it?
The BLS RABe 515, also known as MUTZ, is a class of bilevel electric multiple units manufactured by Stadler Rail for BLS AG. It is a second-generation derivative of the Stadler KISS. Formations are composed of four or six cars.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 4 MW is about 47 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 39
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- BLS AG
- top speed
- —
- power
- 4 MW
- formation
- 4–6 cars
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q2337990, Wikipedia: BLS RABe 515 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.