The ÖBB 4030 is a 3-car
electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...
used by the ÖBB for
regional rail
Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail, but fewer stops and faster serv ...
passenger transport, especially on the
Vienna S-Bahn. A derived variant ''ÖBB 4130'' with increased power allowing speeds up to was operated on the ''
Transalpin'' international rail connection between
Wien Westbahnhof and
Basel SBB.
From 1979 onwards the 4030 was gradually replaced by the
ÖBB 4020, the last trains were retired in 2004. A 4030.2 unit has been preserved and is on display at the railway museum in
Schwechat.
References
http://www.schnellbahn-wien.at/allgemein/4030.htm
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Austrian Federal Railways electric multiple units
15 kV AC multiple units