The DB Class 610 is a
Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU)
train
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often ...
type operated by the
Deutsche Bahn in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. They were built from 1991 to 1992 by
MAN
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ...
and
Duewag. The class uses a tilting Hydraulic Fiat system used in Italian ''
Pendolino
Pendolino (from Italian ''pendolo'' "pendulum", and ''-ino,'' a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of tilting trains used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, the US, ...
'' trains.
General Information
The trains were ordered for the Nürnberg to Hof, Bayreuth and
Regensburg routes which include a large number of curves. The units worked well from 1992 to 2000 when cracks in the
bogies meant they had to be taken out of service. The
wheelsets were replaced and they were back in service in 2001.
Liveries
The class now all wear the DB Red livery.
Services
The class are used on services around Nürnberg to
Regensburg, Hof and Bayreuth.
References
Citations
*
*
*
See also
610 002 in DB RedA 610 at Neustadt
{{German DMUs
Diesel multiple units of Germany