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BLS RABe 528
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2021· class of Swiss 6-car articulated electric multiple units
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BLS MIKA 105 Burgdorf: Vsler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. BLS RABe 528 (528 xxx A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BLS RABe 528 Kambly: Adrian Michael· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. BLS RABe528: Plutowiki· CC0
- 5. Bls-rabe-528-sbahn-sargans-test: Kecko· CC BY 2.0
- 6. RABe 528 111 La Chaux-de-Fonds: Sinsa92· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. L02 492 Bf Zweisimmen, RABe 528 102: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. L02 493 Bf Zweisimmen, RABe 528 102: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. L02 530 Bf Zweisimmen, RABe 528 203, Re 465 014: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. L02 531 Bf Zweisimmen, RABe 528 203, Re 465 014: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BLS RABe 528, also known as MIKA, is a class of passenger electric multiple unit manufactured by Stadler Rail for BLS AG. It is a derivative of the Stadler FLIRT and began entering service in 2021. It is comparable to the Traverso of Südostbahn.
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 5 years ago, in 2021.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 105 m long: about 23 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 275: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2021
- in service from
- 2021
- status
- in service
- number built
- 58
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- BLS AG
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’2’2'2’Bo’Bo’
- length
- 105 m
- capacity
- 275 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110446271, Wikipedia: BLS RABe 528 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.