Düwag or Duewag (stylised in

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), formerly Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer of

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vehicles. It was sold in 1999 to

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with the brand later retired.

History

Duewag was founded in March 1898 as Waggonfabrik Uerdingen in

Uerdingen Uerdingen () is a district of the city of Krefeld, Germany, with a population of 17,888 (2019). Originally a separate city in its own right, Uerdingen merged with the city of Krefeld in 1929. Today, Uerdingen is best known for a local distillery ...

and produced rail vehicles under the Düwag brand. After merging with Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik in 1935,

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vehicles were built in Uerdingen, while the

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plant produced mainly local traffic vehicles, namely

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way and

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vehicles. In 1981, the company changed its name from Waggonfabrik Uerdingen to Duewag.

acquired a 60% shareholding in 1989 before taking full ownership in April 1999. In 2001, the Düsseldorf plant was closed with production transferred to Uerdingen. Duewag vehicles were close to a

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market in

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, as nearly every tram and light rail vehicle purchased from the 1960s onward was built by Duewag.

Products

Train

* Uerdingen railbus * Düwag Wadloper * Buffel (DM'90) * Y-trains – Delivered about 100 trains, to local railways in Denmark, between 1965 and 1983 * DSB Class MR/MRD DMUs * RegioSprinter * Toll Royal Railways ZZ800 DMU

Tram/light rail

*T4 tramcar *GB6 tramcar *GT6 tramcar in various versions *GT8 tramcar in various versions *GT12 tramcar * SL79 *

TW 400 The TW 400 is a type of tram vehicle formerly used on the tramways of Hanover, Germany, built from 1956 to 1958 by Duewag. Some units underwent remodeling to prepare them for being used on the Hanover Stadtbahn network but they were never used f ...

* TW 6000 * Stadtbahnwagen M/N * Stadtbahnwagen Typ B * SSB DT8 * Hong Kong Light Rail Phase 1 ( Comeng), Phase 2 ( Kawasaki) and Phase 3 ( A Goninan) bogies * Siemens-Duewag U2 * Siemens SD-400 * Siemens-Duewag SupertramDuewag to assemble Sheffield trams ''Railway Gazette International'' March 1991 page 131

References

External links

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Company websiteCollection of photos of Duewag manufactured Trams
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