DBAG Class 648

DB AG Class 648
Class 648 207
Stock type	Diesel multiple unit
Manufacturer	Alsthom LHB
Entered service	2000
Number built	61+
Operator	Deutsche Bahn
Specifications
Car length	41.81 m (137 ft 2+1⁄8 in)
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Weight	Service: 155 t (153 long tons; 171 short tons)
Engine type	Diesel engine
Transmission	Hydrodynamic
AAR wheel arrangement	B′2′B′
Coupling system	Scharfenberg

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• 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

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