double-deck long distance trains in Germany? (Allgemeines Forum)

Oscar (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Dienstag, 01.12.2009, 12:34 (vor 5871 Tagen) @ NIM rocks

Double deck cars are only necessary for lines with many passengers and few track capacity, like it is in NRW.

On the other hand, DB is considering a try-out of motorised double deck cars in the near future. They will not look like the Class 445 Meridian trainset; think about a concept of unified car bodies with motorised or non-motorised bogies (which of course can also be hauled by a loco).

But this is long-distance again.

Are you sure these will be long-distance trains?

I always thought of cars similar to the current RE160 double-deck cars, with the extra option to motorise the bogies (allowing DB Regio to compose double-deck trainsets but also allowing DB Regio to compose usual loco-hauled compositions). DB Regio will then be able to run trains in multiple (like our DD-AR and VIRM compositions) or serve different destinations.

So to say: the idea of the ICx applied to double-deck stock.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Maybe there will be a brand new train family "IRx" in the future, with similar features as our VIRM trains, running also in a thirty-minute-cadence :) ...

Cheers,

Oscar (NL).

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