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Class 628.0
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early 1970s
The development of the Class 628 began as far back as the early
1970s, when the Class 795 and 798 railbuses were reaching the end
of their estimated useful life. The Bundesbahn's central office
(Bundesbahn-Zentralamt) in Munich, in cooperation with the
Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, began with the concept of a Class 628
local, passenger, multiple-unit, that were to replace the
railbuses, the accumulator railcars of Class 515. The new vehicles
were also to be capable of being used on main lines, which required
an increase in their top speed, stronger brake systems and greater
comfort compared with the railbuses, but which were not to be more
expensive to run than a railbus.
1974
In 1974, only 2 years later, Waggonfabrik Uerdingen and MaK
demonstrated the prototypes of the two-unit Class 628.0 and also a
single-coach variant, the Class 627, for use on routes with lower
numbers of passengers. The vehicles were tested and proved
themselves exceptionally well, even though the lack of the power
from the engines was already apparent on occasions. Initially it
did not go into production, because for political reasons local
passenger rail services were just being reorganised and it was not
yet clear, which and how many vehicles would be needed. So the
Class 628 project stalled for almost four years.
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