Buy Eisenbahn X Berliner S-Bahn PC key

Eisenbahn X Berliner S-Bahn adds the DB class 481/482 railcar to the game. Designed for conductor rail operation, it is the latest S-Bahn Berlin design and the version currently used most.

Development and design

After German reunification in 1990, representatives of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and Deutsche Reichsbahn joined forces to define specifications for a new class. A mock-up was shown to the public in 1993. The new trains were intended to replace a fleet mainly made up of the pre-war classes 475, 476 and 477, whose average age exceeded 40 years. Although the newer West Berlin class 480 and East Berlin class 485 trains were acquired between 1986 and 1992, they did not meet the new requirements for operation and comfort.

The design replaced the quarter-train concept with half-train configurations. The railcars use polyphase motors and AEG GEATRAC controls. At the end of 1993, the Ministry of Traffic ordered the floor height lowered from 1,080 mm to 1,000 mm.

Rollout and delivery

The first 100 trains were commissioned in 1993. The first quarter train was unveiled at the Schöneweide main plant in 1996, after which 60 quarter trains were delivered each year. The 500th and final quarter train was celebrated on September 30, 2004.