DBAG Class 474

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The DBAG Class 474/874 is a three-car

on an overhead catenary track.

History

The first series of 45 vehicles were ordered in 1994 from

. Delivery started in 1996 and the first train was presented to the press in 1997. The second series of 58 vehicles were ordered in 1996 and delivered to Bw Hamburg-Ohlsdorf by 2001. In 2016, the first 474s were converted to 474-Plus railcars. The conversion was completed on December 20, 2021.

Technology

The class 474 represents a generation change in vehicles at the

In 1997 and 1998, there were significant problems with the 474 vehicles. Following severe vibrations, there were deficiencies in the ventilation system, the door opening mechanism and the engine, which led to an acceptance stop. The press attributed this to ordering without testing prototypes.[3]

Dual-system design 474.3

In 2006 and 2007, the 474.3 series was put into service. These dual-system vehicles are made up of nine new vehicles and 33 conversions of existing second-series vehicles. The vehicles are additionally equipped for overhead line operation with a current of 15 kV at 16.7 Hz. The center cars have a pantograph for the overhead line and all the high-voltage equipment. They also have four-quadrant controllers that generate the direct current required for traction operation from the down-transformed alternating current of the contact wire. This also allows energy to be fed back into the traction current network when braking.

The class 474.3 multiple units have been in scheduled service since December 2007 as the S3 from Pinneberg via the “City Tunnel“ and the

. Here, they have replaced the regional rail trains previously operated with locomotives. From the former S-Bahn terminus at Hamburg-Neugraben, power is supplied via the overhead line.

474 Plus

Under this name, the S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH is implementing the modernization of all class 474 vehicles. The vehicles were thoroughly refurbished. Passages were created between the individual cars and new

for the conversions. Modernization of the remaining vehicles was initially expected to begin in 2012. However, due to technical difficulties (including excessive weight of the air-conditioning system), the conversion prototype could not be approved. Some test components were removed again.

For technical reasons and in order to avoid a new approval procedure, the installation of an air conditioning system was dispensed within the further planning. On Friday, January 9, 2015, the 4012 conversion prototype, now without the air conditioning system, was presented as the first modernized series train, which went into service soon after. At a cost of 70 million euros, all remaining 111 trains were also converted accordingly by 2021. The work was carried out in accordance with the transport contract between Hamburg and DB Regio (parent company of S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH), which applies as of 2018.^[4]

In May 2019, half of the planned conversions had been carried out, and the modernization of the entire fleet was scheduled for the end of 2021.^[5] On December 20, 2021, the completion of the modernization was announced.^[6]

ATO trial operation

Four railcars 4046, 4047, 4048 and 4051 (474.4) were equipped with

in 2020 in order to initially be able to undertake test runs without passengers on the Berliner Tor - Aumühle line section, which will be equipped with ETCS by August 2020. During the ITS Congress in October 2021, automatic train operation with passengers will be demonstrated on this line. Since then, they have become the official class 474.4.

All four vehicles have now been put into service with ETCS, ATO, and AVVO. ^[7]

Gallery

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  Dual-system Design 474.3
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  Passenger compartment (pre modernisation)
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  Class 474 at

  Hamburg central station
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  474 016 at station

  Hamburg Dammtor
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  Pantograph of a 474.3
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  474 entering station Blankenese
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  Class 474 at Hamburg Diebsteich
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  Dual-system Design on the

  Niederelbebahn

References

External links

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