Model details

• Perfectly replicated three-dimensional front
• Extra mounted air conditioning installation and high voltage equipment
• Finely detailed pantograph
• Fine engravings
• In-plane assembled windows
• Functional and illuminated destination indicator
• LED lighting
• Windscreen wipers individually mounted
• Destination indicator at the font sides behind the pane
• True-to-original rest position of the pantographs
• Prepared for sound or with built-in sound
• With interior lighting
• Optimal power input
• NEM-standard short-coupling, for double taction
• Interior fittings

Overview of technical functions

Info about the original

With the new transport contract for the Cologne S-Bahn network, the contractual partners go.Rheinland, VRR and DB Regio are relying on tried-and-tested technology in a new design – and it has even won an award! The ET 424 series vehicles that became vacant at S-Bahn Hannover in 2022 have been in use at S-Bahn Koln since April 2024 following extensive modernization. The vehicles have been given a new design impressing the jury of the prestigious ‘German Design Award 2024’. The reliable and maximum 25-year-old vehicles, which are not yet at the end of their life cycle, are now gradually being modernized and put back into service for DB Regio. The central element of the redesign is functionality and aesthetics to meet the requirements of today’s passengers. With these improvements, the ET 424 will not only remain an important part of regional transport, but also a symbol of innovation and progress in rail transport.