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1965 - 2008
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1965

The first 3x EMUs are acquired in 1965 for the Vienna to Zurich route and they are composed initially of 4x units.  

Sources: https://wiki.3rail.nl/index.php/Bouwserie_Rh_4010

1966

The second series of 12x EMUs is acquired in 1966 mainly for the interior Austrian routes and they are composed initially of 5x units.

A third series of 2x EMUs is acquired at the end of the 1960s. Composed of 6x units, these EMUs are purchased mainly for the Vienna-Passau-Frankfurt, Vienna-Bregenz-St.Gallen and Vienna-Munich routes.  

Sources: https://wiki.3rail.nl/index.php/Bouwserie_Rh_4010

1970s

Two other series of 12x EMUs composed of 6x units are acquired in the 1970s.  

Sources: https://wiki.3rail.nl/index.php/Bouwserie_Rh_4010

1990s

The units are modernised in the 1990s and they receive a new red and gray paint scheme.  

Sources: https://wiki.3rail.nl/index.php/Bouwserie_Rh_4010

2008

All units are removed from regular service by the end of 2008.  

Sources: https://wiki.3rail.nl/index.php/Bouwserie_Rh_4010

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