The ČD Class 840 and 841

diesel multiple units A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

are two versions of the Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 built for

České dráhy České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. Overview The company was established in 1993, after the dissolution of Czec ...

. 841 is the basic version, 840 is a modification for services on steep mountain lines. Since 2013, České dráhy have been using a marketing name for those trainsets, RegioSpider.Další přírůstek do drážní zoo. Z nových motoráků budou pavouci
iDnes.cz, 30. 1. 2013, js (Jan Sůra)

Class 841

ČD Class 841 is used in

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; cs, Kraj Vysočina "Highlands Region", , ) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located partly in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the his ...

. České dráhy have ordered 17 trains; the total amount paid for them was 898 million Kč, of which 200 million Kč was covered by the European Union,České dráhy nakoupí nové motorové vozy pro Vysočinu a Liberecko u společnosti Stadler
České dráhy, tisková zpráva, 20. 4. 2010
Novinky.cz, 21. 10. 2011, pit the investment of České dráhy themselves was 678.8 million Kč.Stadler Rail předal Českým drahám první RS1 RegioShuttle
ŽelPage, 1. 11. 2011, Vojtěch Beran

Class 840

ČD Class 840 is used on services in

Liberec Region Liberec Region ( cs, Liberecký kraj, german: Reichenberger Region, pl, Kraj liberecki) is an administrative unit ( Czech: ''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after ...

. There are 16 trains in service. The maximum speed is 120 km/h,Rostislav Jančar
Obrazem: Podívejte se dovnitř nového regionálního vlaku Stadler RS1
Technet, iDnes.cz, 14. 11. 2011 while it was meant to be just 100 km/h at the time of order,České dráhy nakoupí nové motorové vozy pro Vysočinu a Liberecko u společnosti Stadler
České dráhy, tisková zpráva, 20. 4. 2010 the unit is modified for service on steep lines and lines using rack rails. The rack rail compatibility was required to be able to serve the Tanvald to Harrachov line, but the trains themselves lack the rack railway equipment.

Gallery

File:ČD Class 841.webm, A class 841 diesel multiple unit at the Rudoltice station File:Motorový vůz 841014-4, stanice- Jihlava-město, 20.12.2018.jpg, 841.014 between

Jihlava Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava ...

město and Slavonice

References

External links

Regio-Shuttle RS1
at the manufacturer's website
Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1
at the website of

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