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Source: VEB Waggonbau Görlitz

Source: ERHARD BEYER - bahnbilder.de

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Source: ERHARD BEYER - bahnbilder.de

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DBv

Also known as:

DB13DBvqDBvqeDBveDre

UIC / EVN numbering:

50 50 26-0350 50 26-0550 50 26-1150 50 26-1250 50 26-1450 50 26-1550 50 26-2150 50 26-25

Vehicle type:

Double-decker passenger coach

Registration country:

Germany

Railway companies:

DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn

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In service:

from 1952

Built by:

Görlitz Rolling Stock State Corporation

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1951

This allowed for the construction in 1951 of the first four-section double-decker DBz train (DB7), which was to solve the transport problems in the GDR. The train met the expectations of the East German railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn - DR) and increased production of double-decker car sets began, also for export to the USSR. It is worth adding that the first DBz was designed as a two-way train with a steering car.

Sources: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/ciche-kolejowe-rocznice-60-lat-pietrowych-wagon-bipa-94914.html

1952

The first car with a prototype arrangement of wooden seats left the factory on February 13, 1952. There was a 2 + 3 arrangement on the upper deck (in one row across the car there were two benches separated by a passage: one had two, the other - three seats). On the lower deck, large benches were placed along the side walls and in the middle, passengers sat sideways facing the direction of travel (a scheme currently used only in places for travelers with more luggage and bicycles, and on some rail buses, eg SA103 ). In 1953, the 2 + 3 layout was also used on the lower deck. Wooden benches have been replaced with semi-soft seats. The 2 + 2 layout appeared in newer models.

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1954

152x units from this series are built from 1954 onwards by VEB Waggonbau Görlitz.

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelstockwagen, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhp

1955

After the liquidation of the third class in 1955, the cars were reclassified to the second class [3] . In 1959, after supplying the domestic rolling stock, these units were exported to other socialist countries, including the People's Republic of Poland, where they were repainted in a similar way to those in the GDR: with the big name of the carrier on the lane between the windows of two levels.

Sources: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhp

1970

In 1970, the production of wagons with a steering element was started.

Sources: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhp

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