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The '''DBAG Class 612''' is a [[twin-car|two car]], [[Tilting train|tilting]], [[diesel multiple unit]] operated by the [[Deutsche Bahn AG|Deutsche Bahn]] for fast regional rail services on unelectrified lines.{{sfnp|Garvin|2013}}

==General information==

The Class are a two car [[tilting train|tilting]] [[diesel multiple unit|DMU]] built between 1998 and 2003 by [[Adtranz]] in [[AEG Schienenfahrzeuge (Hennigsdorf)|Hennigsdorf]] which later became [[Bombardier Transportation]].{{sfnp|Garvin|2013}} The class are also known as [[RegioSwinger]]s.

They were developed to replace the problematic [[DB Class 611]]. The sets worked fine between 1998 and 2004 until cracks were detected in a number of wheelsets and so the tilting system was disabled and curves on lines had to have reduced speed limits, which affected the timetables and connections. From 2005 the trains had the wheelsets replaced and the tilting system was back up and running. The maximum tilt is 8°.

After [[ICE TD]] class 605 was grounded due to a fracture of an axle in one unit, it was replaced by class 612 on the [[Dresden]]-[[Munich]] line 2003, as replacement by anything other than a tilting DMU would have meant an extension of travel time. Even though class 612 was not constructed for ICE-type travelling comfort, 16 units were repainted in the ICE paint scheme and renumbered as class 612.4.

The [[RegioSwinger]] design is also used by [[Croatian Railways]] as class HŽ 7123.

==Liveries==

Most units are in the standard ''Verkehrsrot'' Red livery. In 2003 17 units were painted in the IC scheme of White with a red band, however, these are now back in all red.
[[File:Br612-emsd gr.jpg|thumb|612 in red livery]]
[[File:G612er IC bei Schlomener Kurve.jpg|thumb|612 in [[Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)|IC]] livery]]

After 2017, trains using the yellow/white/black branding of bwegt, the mobility brand of the [[Baden-Württemberg]] State Ministry for Transport have been operating out of Ulm.
[[File:Br 612 bwegt.jpg|thumb|612{{nnbsp}}103 in the livery of bwegt in [[Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof]]]]

==Services==
Class 612 are used on the following services in the different regions (2012):

===DB Regio Bayern===

* [[Saxon-Franconian_trunk_line#Franken-Sachsen-Express|IRE 1]] Nürnberg - Bayreuth - Hof - Plauen - Zwickau - Chemnitz – Dresden
* RE Hof/Bayreuth – Lichtenfels – Saalfeld
* RE Hof – Bamberg
* RE Hof – Würzburg
* RE Hof – Nürnberg
* RB Lichtenfels – Kronach
* RE Regensburg – Schwandorf – Weiden –  Marktredwitz – Hof
* RE Würzburg – Bamberg – Hof/Bayreuth
* RE Nürnberg – Schwandorf/Weiden
* RB Würzburg – Schweinfurt – Ebenhausen – Bad Kissingen
* RE Nürnberg – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Buchloe – Kempten – Immenstadt – Lindau/Oberstdorf (called "Allgäu-Franken-Express")
* RE Lindau – Immenstadt – Kempten – Memmingen – Ulm
* RE Oberstdorf – Immenstadt – Kempten – Memmingen – Ulm
* RE Lindau - Kempten - Augsburg

===DB Regio Nordrhein-Westfalen===

* RE 17 Hagen – Schwerte (Ruhr) – Fröndenberg – Arnsberg (Westf) – Meschede – Bestwig – Brilon-Wald – Marsberg – Warburg (Westf) – Hofgeismar – Grebenstein – Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe

===DB Regio Rhein Neckar===

* RE 4 Karlsruhe – Graben-Neudorf – Germersheim – Speyer – Ludwigshafen – Worms – Mainz

=== DB Regio Südwest ===

* RE 3 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Mainz – Bad Kreuznach – Kirn – Idar-Oberstein – Türkismühle – Saarbrücken
* RE 11 Saarbrücken - Saarlouis - Merzig - Trier
* RE 12 Trier – Bitburg – Gerolstein – Kall – Euskirchen – Köln
* RE 25 Koblenz Hbf – Limburg (Lahn) – Wetzlar – Gießen
* IRE Stuttgart Hbf — Tübingen Hbf — Sigmaringen( — Aulendorf)/ — Rottenburg( — Horb)(Stuttgart Hbf — Tübingen Hbf only calling at Reutlingen Hbf)

=== DB Regio Südost ===

* RE 4 Hannover Hbf – Hildesheim – Goslar – Bad Harzburg – Halberstadt – Halle (Saale) (– Leipzig)
* RE 6 Leipzig – Chemnitz
* RE 16 Leipzig – Altenburg – Reichenbach (V.) – Hof/Adorf
* RE 1 Dresden – Bischofswerda – Görlitz
* RE 2 Dresden – Bischofswerda – Zittau – Liberec – Tanvald
* RE 3 Nürnberg – Marktredwitz – Hof – Zwickau – Chemnitz – Dresden
* RE 1 Göttingen – Gotha – Erfurt – Gera – Gößnitz – Zwickau/Chemnitz
* RE 3 Erfurt – Gera – Altenburg
* RE 14 Erfurt – Meiningen
* RE 7 Würzburg – Suhl – Erfurt

==References==
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==Citations==
* {{cite book |last=Garvin |first=Brian |title=German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn |volume=1 |date=2013 |location=Sheffield, UK |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing |isbn=978-1-9094-3103-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAJcngEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1909431184 }}
* {{cite book |last=Garvin |first=Brian |title=German Railways: The Complete Guide to All Locomotives and Multiple Units of Deutsche Bahn |volume=2 |date=2015 |location=Sheffield, UK |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing |isbn=978-1-9094-3118-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAJcngEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1909431184 }}
* {{cite web |url=https://uic.org/cdrom/2006/wcrr2006/pdf/725.pdf |title=Tilting train technology at Deustsche Bahn AG - Prophecies, reality and necessary innovations |first1=Dr. T. |last1=Erpenbeck |first2=A. |last2=Büttner |first3=Dr. V. |last3=Voges |date=2006 |publisher=[[International Union of Railways |UIC]] |journal= |access-date=2017-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219114108/http://www.uic.org/cdrom/2006/wcrr2006/pdf/725.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-19 |url-status=dead }}

{{Commons category|DBAG Class 612}}
{{Commons category|RegioSwinger}}{{German DMUs}}

[[Category:Diesel multiple units of Germany]]
[[Category:Tilting trains]]
[[Category:Adtranz multiple units]]
[[Category:Bombardier Transportation multiple units]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1998]]