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From the Community
From the community
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Document Library
Manuals
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Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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01From the Community02Document Library03Audio Demos04Compatible Sound ROMs05Modifications06Owner Registry07System ComponentsManufacturer
Roland
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Specifications
- Locale
- GermanySwitzerlandItaly
- Status
- Discontinued
- Termini
- Bremen Hbf/Hamburg-Altona/BerlinBasel SBB/Mannheim Hbf/Milano Centrale/Stuttgart Hbf/Frankfurt Hbf/Köln Hbf/Bremen Hbf/Oldenburg Hbf
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)
- Last service
- 26 September 1998(1998-09-26)
- Service type
- Fernschnellzug(FD)(1939)Schnellzug(D or F)(1952–1969)Trans Europ Express(TEE)(1969–1980)InterCity(IC)(1981–1998)
- First service
- 1939(1939)
- Electrification
- 15kVAC, 16.7Hz
- Former operators
- DRG/Deutsche Bundesbahn/Deutsche Bahn(DB)SBB-CFF-FFSFS
- Service frequency
- Daily
