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4 unusual facts about DB Class 218


Alsenz Valley Railway

On Sundays and public holidays in the summer, the Rheintalexpress runs on the Bingen–Enkenbach section to Karlsruhe and the Weinstraßen-Express runs to Wissembourg, each stopping in Enkenbach, Rockhausen, Bad Münster and Bad Kreuznach and each consisting of push–pull trains hauled by class 218 locomotives or class 628 diesel multiple units.

Alzey–Mainz railway

The track is served by both trains consisting of class 218 diesel locomotives hauling three double-decker carriages and by class 628 diesel multiple units, sometimes in coupled sets.

Mühldorf–Simbach am Inn railway

Another transfer task is carried out on work days between Mühldorf and Simbach in both directions by a Südostbayernbahn locomotive (DB Class 218).

These services are delivered by the DB subsidiary Railion with its Classes 217, 218 and 233.


Bruhrain Railway

From the early 1990s until the introduction of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn there were services on the Bruchsal–Germersheim–Ludwigshafen–Mannheim–HeidelbergNeckargemündMeckenheimSinsheimSteinsfurtEppingen/Heilbronn route, operated with locomotives of class 218 hauling Silberling carriages.

Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway

Individual services, especially in the off-peak or additional peak hour services are operated by trains composed of Silberling carriages hauled by class 218 locomotives or diesel multiple units of class 612, 611 or 642.


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