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DBAG Class 648

German diesel train

41.81 m (137 ft 2+1⁄8 in)Maximum speed120 km/h (75 mph)WeightService: 155 t (153 long tons; 171 short tons)Engine typeDiesel engineTransmissionHydrodynamicAAR wheel arrangementB′2′B′Coupling systemScharfenberg

The Class 648 is a two car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn for stopping regional rail services on unelectrified lines.^[1]

General Information

The class are also known as Alstom Coradia LINT 41, which is used by many railway operators across Europe.

Liveries

All units are in the standard Verkehrsrot Red livery, however some carry brands for the areas they operate in such as HarzWeserBahn.

Services

DB Class 648 are used on the following services in the different regions (2011):

Bayern

Nürnberg - Neuhaus
Nürnberg - Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach
Fürth - Cadolzburg
Fürth - Markt Erlbach
Neustadt Aisch - Steinach - Rothenburg

Niedersachsen

Bad Harzburg - Goslar - Seesen - Kreiensen - [Northeim - Göttingen] / [Holzminden]
Braunschweig - Salzgitter - Seesen - Herzberg
Nordhausen - Herzberg - Northeim - [Göttingen]/[Bodenfelde]
RB85 - Göttingen - Bodenfelde - Ottbergen
RB86 - Northeim - Bodenfelde - [Ottbergen]
RB37 - Uelzen - Soltau - Bremen Hbf

Northrhein-Westfalen

RB36 - Oberhausen–Meiderich-Ruhrort
RB52 - Dortmund - Herdecke - Hagen - Brügge - Lüdenscheid
RB53 - Dortmund - Schwerte - Iserlohn
RB54 - Unna - Fröndenberg - Menden - Neuenrade
RE57 - Dortmund - Hörde - Fröndenberg - Arnsberg - Meschede - Bestwig - Winterberg
RB92 - Finnentrop - Attendorn - Sondern - Olpe
RB93 - Siegen - Kreuztal - Hilchenbach - Vormwald - Erndtebrück - Birkelbach - Bad Berleburg
RB95 - Dillenburg - Haiger - Siegen - Betzdorf - Wissen - Au

Schleswig-Holstein

Büchen - Aumühle
Flensburg - Kiel
Lübeck - Travemünde
Lübeck - Puttgarden
Lübeck - Kiel
Lübeck - Lüneburg
Kiel - Neumunster

References

^ Garvin (2013).

Citations

Garvin, Brian (2013). German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn. Vol. 1. Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9094-3103-4.
Garvin, Brian (2015). German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn. Vol. 2. Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9094-3118-8.