DB Class 472
The DB Class 472/473 is a three-car electric multiple unit train for the Hamburg S-Bahn. They were built to service the new lines through the city tunnel, to Harburg and to Neugraben. The livery was beige blue at first, but it was changed to verkehrsrot in 1997. The Class 473 is the centre carriage of the Class 472, it differs from the predecessor centre carriages in its own electric motors and they have three door pairs instead of four.
In 2012, 52 units survived from a total of 62 built. Replacement units are on order as part of the January 2012 tendering of the S-Bahn network, due to run from 2018 until 2033.
