On 23.03.2018 we showed you the first FLIRT EMU for operator Go-Ahead. The image below shows the 3-car EMU no. ET3.01, built by Stadler Rail in Pankow near Berlin, during its “Inbetriebsetzung”.
This article was originally posted on 23.03.2018
Meanwhile, test runs with the ET3.01 have commenced. Below you see again the ET3.01 in Jena-Göschwitz. The full NVR designation of this 3-car train is:
- 94 80 1427 011-0 D-GABW
- 94 80 1827 011-6 D-GABW
- 94 80 1427 511-9 D-GABW
Such trains will be used on part 2 and 3 of “Netz 1” in Baden-Württemberg, as of June 2019. At this moment, 48 trains are on order in four different lengths:
- 05.2016: 26x FLIRT for Netz 1.2 / 11x 3-car and 15x 5-car
- 05.2016: 19x FLIRT for Netz 1.3 / 9x 4-car and 10x 6-car
- 05.2017: 3x extra FLIRT for Netz 1.2 / 2x 3-car and 1x 5-car