8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SZU Be 510 erreicht Station Uetliberg: Cmdr Zod· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SZU Be510 124: Teeschmid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. SZU Be510 Uetliberg122: Teeschmid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SZU Be510 Uetliberg125: Teeschmid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SZU Be510 Uetliberg128: Teeschmid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. SZU Be 510 in Station Uetliberg: Cmdr Zod· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Be 510 Triebzug der Uetlibergbahn im Einsatz auf der Sihltalbahn (S4): hrs51· CC BY 2.0
- 8. SZU Be510 Uetliberg121: Teeschmid· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Class SZU Be 510 designates a multi system EMU of the Swiss railway Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), procured for the Uetliberg railway. These EMUs could operate on the former 1200 V DC electrification of the Uetliberg line and can run on AC lines such as the Sihl Valley line and the Uetliberg line converted to AC in 2022.
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
- 50 m long: about 11 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
- —
- number built
- 11
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 50 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15843674, Wikipedia: SZU Be 510 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.