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LEB Be 4/8 61–66

🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2019· three-section low-floor articulated units, built by Stadler Rail for the Lausanne–Échallens–Bercher railway line in the canton of Jura

LEB Be 4/8 61–66, photo 1 of 7
1/7 Plutowiki· CC0

what is it?

LEB Be 4/8 61–66 is a class of six metre gauge three-section low-floor articulated railcars, with a further four on order, operated by the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher and used on their Lausanne–Échallens–Bercher railway line. The units were ordered in 2017 from Stadler Rail, and are to a design derived from the Worbla units supplied to Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn. The new units were built at Stadler Rail's plant in Bussnang, and were delivered in 2019 and 2020.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • built 6made in total

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 7 years ago, in 2019.
  • 44.8 m long: about 10 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
2019
in service from
2019
number built
6
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
builders
Stadler Rail
operators
Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher
top speed
90 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,000 mm metre gauge
electric system
1500 V DC Overhead
length
44.8 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q139370719, Wikipedia: LEB Be 4/8 61–66 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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