#6440· RhB ABe 4/16
Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/16
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· class of Swiss multiple units
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ABe 4-16 3105 Reichenau-T 251013 S1 1510: NAC· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. New RhB multiple unit at Landquart: Takács Bence· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. FR ABe 4-16 3103 interno 1a cl 150716: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. FR ABe 4-16 3104 Ems Werk 240115 S2 1562 Thusis-Chur: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. FR ABe 4-16 3104 Felsberg 240115 S2 1561 Chur-Thusis: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. FR ABe 4-16 3505 Chur Stadt 250515 R1461: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. FR ABe 4-16 3505 interno 250515: NAC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. RhB Ge 4-4 I with freight and ABe 4-16 as S-Bahn at Reichenau-Tamins: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/16 is a class of metre gauge four-car electric multiple unit trains of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to this system, ABe 4/16 denotes an electric railcar train with first and second class compartments, and a total of 16 axles, four of which are drive axles.
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
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 74.9 m long: about 17 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
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- number built
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- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+2′2′
- length
- 74.9 m
- weight
- 105 t
- Dutch name
- RhB ABe 4/16
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q682971, Wikipedia: Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/16 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.