DBAG Class 648
| Industry | Rail transport |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Germany |
Area served | Germany |
| Products | Regional rail transport, including Class 648 diesel multiple units |
The Class 648 represents a two-car diesel multiple unit utilized by Deutsche Bahn to provide regional rail transport on routes lacking electrification.
General Information
Commonly referred to as the Alstom Coradia LINT 41, this train type is extensively deployed by various European rail companies, offering reliable diesel-driven services that improve regional mobility.
Liveries
Every unit is painted in the standard Verkehrsrot red color scheme, with certain trains carrying branding specific to regional lines such as HarzWeserBahn.
Services
As of 2011, the DB Class 648 serves several important regional corridors:
Bavaria
- Nürnberg to Neuhaus
- Nürnberg to Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach
- Fürth to Cadolzburg
- Fürth to Markt Erlbach
- Neustadt Aisch through Steinach to Rothenburg
Lower Saxony
- Bad Harzburg via Goslar, Seesen, Kreiensen to Northeim/Göttingen/Holzminden
- Braunschweig through Salzgitter, Seesen to Herzberg
- Nordhausen connecting Herzberg, Northeim to Göttingen/Bodenfelde
- RB85: Göttingen - Bodenfelde - Ottbergen
- RB86: Northeim - Bodenfelde - Ottbergen
- RB37: Uelzen - Soltau - Bremen Hbf
North Rhine-Westphalia
- RB36: Oberhausen–Meiderich-Ruhrort
- RB52: Dortmund through Herdecke, Hagen, Brügge to Lüdenscheid
- RB53: Dortmund - Schwerte - Iserlohn
- RB54: Unna - Fröndenberg - Menden - Neuenrade
- RE57: Dortmund via Hörde, Fröndenberg, Arnsberg, Meschede, Bestwig to Winterberg
- RB92: Finnentrop - Attendorn - Sondern - Olpe
- RB93: Siegen through Kreuztal, Hilchenbach, Vormwald, Erndtebrück, Birkelbach to Bad Berleburg
- RB95: Dillenburg through Haiger, Siegen, Betzdorf, Wissen to Au
Schleswig-Holstein
- Büchen to Aumühle
- Flensburg to Kiel
- Lübeck to Travemünde
- Lübeck to Puttgarden
- Lübeck to Kiel
- Lübeck to Lüneburg
- Kiel to Neumünster