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#5571· RBS RABe 4/12

Stadler NExT

🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2009· Commuter train by Stadler Rail (2009)

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. RBS-25: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. RBS Next RABe 4-12 31 (21870754151): Markus Eigenheer from Genève, Schweiz· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. 05.02.19 Solothurn RBS RABe 4 12 25 (33154994958): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. RABe 4-12 31 Worblaufen: Plutowiki· CC0
  5. 5. RBS Next RABe 4-12 34 (21849242662): Markus Eigenheer from Genève, Schweiz· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. RBS RABe 4 12 26: Heitersberg· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. RBS RABe 4 12 32: Heitersberg· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. RBS RABe 4-12 21 Bueren zum Hof 220809: NAC· CC BY-SA 3.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Stadler NExT, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Niederflur-Express-Triebzug (NExT, English: low-floor express trainset) is an electric multiple unit light commuter train developed by Stadler Rail for the Swiss Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS) railway operator. With a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), it is the fastest metre gauge train in Switzerland. Six three-carriage trains were delivered in 2009 at a cost of 53.4 million CHF and are used for express service between Bern and Solothurn.

who runs it

Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 400 kWpower output
  • weight 77 tin working order
  • seats 443passengers
  • built 14made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
  • 400 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 60 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 443: 9 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
2009
in service from
2009
status
in service
number built
14
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
builders
Stadler Rail
operators
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
top speed
120 km/h
power
400 kW
electric system
1,250 VDC
formation
3 carriages per train
length
60 m
weight
77 t
capacity
443 passengers
Dutch name
RBS RABe 4/12

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2060218, Wikipedia: Stadler NExT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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