SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450

SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450
Two Re 450 locomotives in the Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderSLM, ABB, SIG
Build date1989–1997
Total produced115
Rebuild date2011–2018
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICBo′Bo′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Length18,400 mm (60 ft 4 in)
Width2,980 mm (9 ft 9 in)
Height4,500 mm (14 ft 9 in)
Loco weight74 tonnes (72.8 long tons; 81.6 short tons)
Electric system/s15 kV  16.7 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Traction motors4FRA 3435
Safety systemsIntegra-Signum, ZUB
Performance figures
Maximum speed130 km/h (81 mph)
Career
OperatorsSwiss Federal Railways
NumbersRe 450 000 – Re 450 114

The Re 450 is a push-pull electric locomotive passenger coach type which is used by Swiss Federal Railways on S-Bahn services in Zürich. They are also known as DPZ, short for double-decker push-pull train (German: Doppelstock-Pendelzug),[1] and is the first double decker train type operated by SBB-CFF-FFS, following successful trials of a French VO 2N bilevel train borrowed from SNCF in the early-1980s.

Under the old Swiss class system, they would have been known as Re 4/4V. They are only found working with formations of three double-deck passenger carriages, the rear-most of which has a driving cab to allow push-pull working. At peak times trainsets may be coupled together to form a train consisting of three locomotives and nine passenger vehicles. Most S-Bahn lines use this stock and it is the most common on the network. [2]

All Re 450 coaches received a mid-life refurbishment at the SBB-CFF-FFS workshops at Yverdon-les-Bains between 2011 and 2018.

  1. ^ "Unsere Züge | SBB". www.sbb.ch (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "SBB EMUs". 4rail.net. Retrieved 28 September 2009.