DBAG Class 474
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The DBAG Class 474/874 is a three-car electric multiple unit
train for the Hamburg S-Bahn
. The class 474 were built to replace the nearly 60 year old class 471 trains. Some units have a pantograph
(474.3) to service the 2007 opened line to Stade
on an overhead catenary track.
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
train for the Hamburg S-Bahn
Hamburg S-Bahn
The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area...
. The class 474 were built to replace the nearly 60 year old class 471 trains. Some units have a pantograph
Pantograph (rail)
A pantograph for rail lines is a hinged electric-rod device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The pantograph typically connects to a one-wire line, with the track acting as the ground wire...
(474.3) to service the 2007 opened line to Stade
Stade
Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...
on an overhead catenary track.