DB Class 472

Deutsche Bundesbahn Baureihe 472/473
DB Class 472 leaving Hamburg central station
Power type	Electric
Builder	LHB, MBB, WMD, SSD,
Build date	1974-1975 1983-1984
Total produced	62
UIC classification	Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length	65.820 m (215 ft 11.3 in)
Locomotive weight	114.4 t (112.6 long tons; 126.1 short tons)
Electric system	1,2 kV DC Bottom contact Third rail
Top speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Power output	1,520 kW (2,040 hp)
Train brakes	Air, electric
Safety systems	Sifa, PZB
Career	Deutsche Bundesbahn Deutsche Bahn AG Hamburg S-Bahn
Class	472/473

The DB Class 472/473 is a three-car electric multiple unit train for the Hamburg S-Bahn. They were built to service the new lines through the city tunnel (opened 1975), to Harburg (opened 1983) and to Neugraben (opened 1984). The livery was beige blue at first, but it was changed to verkehrsrot (traffic-red) in 1997.^[1] The Class 473 is the centre carriage of the Class 472, it differs from the predecessor (470 and 471) centre carriages in its own electric motors and they have three door pairs instead of four. In today^[when?], there are 56 units left in total of 62 built.

References

1. ^ de:DB-Baureihe 472Translation from the German Wikipedia article