Product Features and Details
Wagon set with three "City-Bahn" commuter coaches of the German Federal Railways.
Consisting of one 1st/2nd class coach, series ABnrzb 772, and two 2nd class coaches, series Bnrzb 778.
Version in "City-Bahn" design
Cologne – Gummersbach train route
The interior design of the models corresponds to the previously known versions
At the beginning of the 1980s, the German Federal Railways continued to shut down many lines in order to save costs. However, a breath of fresh air came in 1983 with a new Board of Directors: After correcting fundamental errors in the calculations, the DB Board of Directors decided on a pilot project to improve short-distance traffic outside the suburban railway network in the major cities. Initially planned for the southern Black Forest, the Cologne – Gummersbach route was chosen, a route with many bends and a parallel motor-way. The timetable was changed to an hourly interval with 218 hauled push-pull trains, the route was improved at certain points and the carriages were redesigned by the DB Design Centre. Externally, the colour scheme was very similar to the S-Bahn trains. To attract attention, the first set was even equipped with a kiosk in 1984.The Cologne – Gummersbach City-Bahn project was a great success: many other lines followed, and with wagons in the mint green product colours. In 1991, the interval timetable was also introduced nationwide in short-distance traffic and the wave of closures of DB light railways for passenger traffic was halted.
