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{{Infobox Train
| name = Deutsche Bahn Class 641
| image = Baureihe_641.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| background =  #FFFFFF
| caption = A Class 641 at [[Gräfenroda]]
| manufacturer =  [[Alstom]]
| family =  [[Alstom Coradia|Coradia]]
| operator =  [[Deutsche Bahn]]<br>[[SNCF]]<br>[[Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois|CFL]]
| formation =  1 car per set
| numberbuilt = 372
| yearconstruction =
| lines =
| service =  1999 onwards
| carlength =  {{convert|28.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |title= DB BR 641 |url=http://www.juergs.ch/bahn/vorbild/db/br641.html |access-date=2025-06-13 |language=German |website=juergs.ch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Datenblätter VT  |url=https://udokrupp.de/joomla/index.php/loks-d/datenblaetter-vt/121-datenblatt-baureihe-641 |access-date=2025-06-13 |language=German |website=udokrupp.de}}</ref>
| width =  {{convert|2.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| height =  {{convert|3.7|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| capacity =  80 (55 standard, 8 first, 17 tip seats)
| maxspeed =  {{convert|75|mph|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}
| gauge =  {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| traction =
| engine =
| transmission =
|coupling= [[Scharfenberg coupler|Scharfenberg]]
| safety =
}}

The '''DBAG Class 641''' (VT641) is a class of German railway vehicle operated by [[Deutsche Bahn]]. They are diesel [[railcar]]s belonging to the [[Alstom Coradia]] A TER family. Their development started as a joint project between Deutsche Bahn and [[SNCF]], on the one hand, and the railway vehicle manufacturers [[De Dietrich Ferroviaire]] and [[Linke-Hofmann-Busch]] on the other, both being subsidiaries of [[Alstom]].

Forty units of this class were delivered to Deutsche Bahn, of which four have been retired due to accidents.

The railcars are fitted with centre buffer couplings. The arrangement of the two engines in front of the bogies, the bulging appearance of the coach body and the large, one-piece, swinging doors give the vehicle its characteristic appearance, which has earned it the nickname ''Walfisch'' (''Whale'').

They are deployed in [[Baden-Württemberg]] at [[Hochrhein]] – between [[Basel Badischer Bahnhof]] and [[Lauchringen]] – and in [[Thuringia]] at [[Erfurt]], on lines including the ''[[Schwarzatalbahn]]'' between [[Rottenbach, Thuringia|Rottenbach]] and [[Katzhütte]], on the ''[[Pfefferminzbahn]]'' between [[Sömmerda]] and [[Großheringen]], the Friedrichroda railway between [[Friedrichroda]] and [[Fröttstädt]], on the line from [[Saalfeld/Saale|Saalfeld]] to [[Blankenstein]] and the [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]]–[[Gräfenroda]] railway.

[[File:Strasbourg BR641 nach offenburg.jpg|thumb|left|[[SNCF]] [[SNCF Class X 73900|X 73900]] at [[Strasbourg-Ville station]] working on the  ''[[Appenweier-Strasbourg railway|Europabahn]]'' to [[Offenburg]]]]
Other vehicles of the ''Alstom Coradia A TER'' family were delivered from [[Reichshoffen]] to the French [[SNCF]] and the Luxembourg [[Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois|CFL]]. These vehicles are classified by the SNCF as [[SNCF Class X 73500|ATER 73500]]. For cross-border traffic between [[Germany]] and [[France]] a further 19 were procured as [[SNCF Class X 73900|ATER 73900]], of which two (73914 and 73915) were paid for by [[Saarland]] and painted traffic red. As recently as 2018 new routes were assigned to the vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |title= NASA erteilt DB Regio Zuschlag für Netz Elster-Geiseltal |url=https://www.nasa.de/presse/aktuell/detail/news/nasa-erteilt-db-regio-zuschlag-fuer-netz-elster-geiseltal/ |language=German |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=nasa.de}}</ref>

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==See also==
* [[List of Deutsche Bahn AG locomotives and railbuses]]
* [[SNCF Class X 73500]]
* [[SNCF Class X 73900]]
* [[Alstom Coradia LINT]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

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{{German DMUs}}

[[Category:Alstom Coradia]]
[[Category:Diesel multiple units of Germany|641]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1999]]