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Deutsche Bahn AG Class 641 
A Class 641 at GräfenrodaIn service 1999 onwards Manufacturer Alstom LHB Family name Coradia Number built 372 Formation 1 car per trainset Capacity 80 (55 standard, 8 first, 17 tip seats) Operator Deutsche Bahn
SNCF
CFLSpecifications Car length 28.9 m (94 ft 10 in) Width 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) Height 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) Maximum speed 75 mph (120 km/h) Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge The DBAG Class 641 (VT641) is a class of German railway vehicle operated by Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG). They are diesel railcars belonging to the Alstom Coradia A TER family. Their development started as a joint project between DBAG and the French national railway, SNCF, on the one hand, and the railway vehicle manufacturers De Dietrich Ferroviaire and Linke-Hofmann-Busch on the other. They were manufactured by these firms under their present-day names of Alstom LHB and Alstom DDF, both of which belong to Alstom.
Forty units of this class were delivered to Deutsche Bahn AG, of which 4 have been retired due to accidents.
The railcars are fitted with centre buffer couplings. The arrangement of the two engines in front of the bogies, the bulging appearance of the coach body and the large, one-piece, swinging doors give the vehicle its characteristic appearance, which has earnt it the nickname Walfisch (Whale).
They are deployed in Baden-Württemberg at Hochrhein – between Basel Badischer Bahnhof and Lauchringen – and in Thuringia at Erfurt, on lines including the Schwarzatalbahn between Rottenbach and Katzhütte, on the Pfefferminzbahn between Sömmerda and Großheringen, the Friedrichroda railway between Friedrichroda and Fröttstädt, on the line from Saalfeld to Blankenstein and the Gotha–Gräfenroda railway.
Other vehicles of the Alstom Coradia A TER family were delivered from Reichshoffen to the French SNCF and the Luxembourg CFL. These vehicles are classified by the SNCF as ATER 73500. For cross-border traffic between Germany and France a further 19 were procured as ATER 73900, of which two (X 73914 and 73915) were paid for by Saarland and painted traffic red.
See also
- Deutsche Bahn
- List of Deutsche Bahn AG locomotives and railbuses
- SNCF Class X 73500
- SNCF Class X 73900
- Alstom Coradia LINT
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
Classes of German DMUs BR number 
Pre-1968 classes VT 04.0 | VT 04.1 | VT 04.5 | VT 06 | VT 07.5 | VT 08.5 | VT 10.5 | VT 11.5 | VT 12.5 | VT 23.5 | VT 24 | VT 25.5 | VT 30 | VT 32 | VT 33 | VT 36.5 | VT 38 | VT 45.5 | VT 46.5 | VT 50 | VT 51 | VT 60.5 | VT 62 | VT 63 | VT 66 | VT 69 | VT 70 | VT 72 | VT 75 | VT 78 | VT 79 | VT 86 | VT 88 | VT 89 | VT 90.5 | VT 92.5 | VT 95 | VT 97 | VT 98
Old DRG numbers DR in the GDR 171 | 172 | 173 | 175 | 181 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | VT 2.09 | VT 4.12 | VT 12.14 | VT 18.16
Special trains Flying Hamburger | ICE TD | Integral | TEE
Diesel railbuses Esslingen railbus | MAN railbus | Uerdingen railbus | Wismar railbus | RegioSprinter
Categories:- Diesel multiple units of Germany
- Alstom multiple units
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