#5780· BVG-type IK
BVG Class IK
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2015· The BVG Class IK is a type of electrical multiple unit used on the Berlin U-Bahn.
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BVG Baureihe IK17 at Hönow (20180412 170745): DeffiSK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Berlin U-Bahn IK at Olympia-Stadion (1): Bahnsteigkante from www.bahninfo-forum.de· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BVG Class IK is a type of electrical multiple unit used on the Berlin U-Bahn.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 51.6 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 258: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC (nominal) from third rail
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′2′
- formation
- 4 cars (DM–M–M–DM) per unit, 2 units per train
- length
- 51.6 m
- capacity
- 258 passengers
- Dutch name
- BVG-type IK
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15784996, Wikipedia: BVG Class IK (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.