2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Silberling: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Bn-Wendezug: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The n-Wagen ("n-coaches") are a type of passenger coach used by Deutsche Bundesbahn and subsequently Deutsche Bahn. With two double-leafed doors per side to enable a high passenger throughput rate, the coaches were conceived for short dwell times in commuter and regional transit. Succeeding the yl-coaches, 5,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981, with some remaining in service still today.
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
- 26.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, SVG Schienenverkehrsgesellschaft, TRI Train Rental, Wedler Franz Logistik
- top speed
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- power
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- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 26.4 m
- capacity
- 54 passengers
- Dutch name
- N-spoorwegrijtuig
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q288691, Wikipedia: N-Wagen (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.