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2 unusual facts about Uerdingen railbus


Simbach am Inn–Pocking railway

In the winter of 1953/54 Uerdingen railbuses appeared on both lines, reducing the journey time to 57 and 22 minutes respectively.

Tutting–Kößlarn railway

From the winter of 1953/54 Uerdingen railbuses were also laid on, reducing the journey time to just 22 minutes.


DB Class 724

After its retirement on 21 June 1963, having clocked up 1,236,000 kilometres, the Uerdingen railbus VT 95 906, one of the original prototypes of its class, was converted in the repair shop (Ausbesserungswerk or Aw) at Kassel into a test vehicle for Indusi railway installations.


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