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SOB Traverso

🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2019· class of electric multiple unit in Switzerland

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. SOB RABe 526 218 (51809034225): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. 2023 SOB Flirt Traverso 112 caught in Winterthur: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Bahnhof Altdorf Traverso 1: TheMexxx· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Flirt vor Traverso bei Bollingen: Plutowiki· CC0
  5. 5. Flirt vor Traverso: Plutowiki· CC0
  6. 6. Sauber - SOB RABe 526 205 Stadler Traverso: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. SOB - Traverso (31049871097): Kecko from Rural area of Eastern Switzerland· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. SOB - Traverso (44172618890): Kecko from Rural area of Eastern Switzerland· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. SOB - Traverso (44172621660): Kecko from Rural area of Eastern Switzerland· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. SOB FLIRT Traverso • Steckdose • 1: Geogast· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
SOB Traverso, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The SOB Traverso, designated RABe 526, is a passenger articulated trainset manufactured by Stadler Rail for Südostbahn, a railway company in Switzerland. It is a derivative of the Stadler FLIRT and began entering service in 2019. Südostbahn employs the Traversos on long-distance routes such as the Voralpen-Express and the Treno Gottardo services over the traditional Gotthard railway.

who runs it

Südostbahn

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • seats 359passengers
  • built 30made 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.
  • 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.
  • 150 m long: about 33 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 359: 7 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
2019
in service from
2019
status
in service
number built
30
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
builders
Stadler Rail
operators
Südostbahn
top speed
160 km/h
power
—
wheel arrangement
Bo'2'2'2Bo' + Bo'2'2'2 Bo'
length
150 m
capacity
359 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q116051466, Wikipedia: SOB Traverso (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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