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For vehicles of the Deutsche Bahn see the List of DBAG locomotives and railbuses. Steam locomotive classes are arranged in accordance with the DRG classification system; electric and diesel locomotives, railbuses and works vehicles are listed in accordance with the DB classification scheme. Classes that were fully retired before 1968 are listed ...
ex DR/DB 112.1 Regional services ex DB 112 Regional services Retired, High speed bogies ex DB 112 Regional services Converted to DB 110 114: ex DR/DB 112.0 ex DR 212.0 Regional services 114.1 114.3: ex DB 143 ex DR 243 Regional services Conversion to higher velocities in planning (115) ex DB 110 ex DB 113 DB-Autozug (motorrail train)
' German Federal Railway ') or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany until after German reunification , when it was merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn ...
The system of German railway wagon classes (Wagengattungen) was introduced in Germany in 1902 and 1905 by the Prussian state railways based on their system of norms, and was soon taken up by the other state railways (Länderbahnen). On the formation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the system became mandatory across the whole of Germany. In the ...
The trains are designed for operation at 320 km/h and will be deployed from the end of 2022 on routes that use the Cologne – Frankfurt high speed line which is designed for operation at 300 km/h. [17] The first of the trains, called ICE 3neo by Deutsche Bahn and classed as 408, was completed in late 2021 with test runs started immediately. In ...
Following the October 1990 reunification of Germany, the DR's locomotives and railbuses were incorporated (and renumbered) on 1 January 1992 into the classification system of the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), originally issued on 1 January 1968, in preparation for the merger of the two German national railways that took place on 1 ...
DB Fernverkehr AG is a semi-independent division of Deutsche Bahn that operates long-distance passenger trains in Germany. It was founded in 1999 in the second stage of the privatisation of German Federal Railways under the name of DB Reise & Touristik and renamed in 2003.
Class 601 in DB-Touristik livery 1986, München südring. In 1971, DB started their new first-class-only InterCity system, using mainly the 601 series on the non-electrified InterCity routes. [16] The regular maximum speed was set to 160 km/h for seven-unit trains. For trains up to 10 units the 602 was used.