DB Class 420

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The ET 420 is a light-weight commuter electric multiple unit developed for the S-Bahn networks in Germany and was originally commissioned by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for the Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt networks. It was built from 1971 onwards in several series, later changing the construction from steel to aluminium, making the cars more lightweight and able to carry a greater payload.

It has largely been replaced in said cities by its successor, the Class 423, but some units have been shipped to Stockholm and some have been transferred to the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. Unit 421 001 will be preserved at the DB Museum in Nuremberg. Some 420/421 units in Stuttgart are currently being rebuilt by the ET 420 Plus project, adding air conditioning and passenger information displays to the trains among other things.

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