| Background: | darkgreen |
| n-Wagen | |
| Yearconstruction: | Prototypes from 1958, 1959–1980 |
| Carlength: | 26400frac=4NaNfrac=4 over buffers |
| Width: | 2825frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Height: | 4050frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Wheeldiameter: | 950frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Maxspeed: | 120or (depending on design) |
| Weight: | 31t40t |
| Brakes: | shoe brakes; later also disc brakes |
The n-Wagen ("n-coaches") are a type of passenger coach used by Deutsche Bundesbahn and subsequently Deutsche Bahn. With two double-leafed doors per side to enable a high passenger throughput rate, the coaches were conceived for short dwell times in commuter and regional transit. Succeeding the yl-coaches, 5,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981, with some remaining in service still today.
The UIC classification identifier letter "n" is an abbreviation for Nahverkehr ("local transit"); the complete description is local transit passenger coach (Nahverkehrswagen) with a length of over 24.5 metres, open coach with centre aisle in 2nd class, centre aisle or side corridor in 1st class, two centre doors, with 36-pole control cable for push-pull operations.
The term Silberling (from German Silber, "silver") derives from the coaches' stainless steel body, which was originally unpainted, giving them a unique silver look.
| Total length: | 26,400 mm | |
| Distance between bogie pivots: | 21,500 mm | |
| Empty weight: | 42-47 t | |
| Maximum speed: | 120 or 140 km/h (varies by type) | |
| Number of seats: | 96 seats in second class in Bn coaches 2×24 seats in second and 30 in first class in ABn coaches. |
| Type | Year built | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABn 703 | 1959 – 66 | 798 | 5 cars with central control (ABnz 703), 20 cars with multi-voltage heating |
| ABnr 704 | 1965 – 67 | 34 | |
| ABnrz 704 | 1968 – 77 | 380 | |
| ABnrz 708 | 1977 | 1 | Karlsruher Versuchszug (Karlsruhe experimental train) |
| Bn 719 | 1969 – 76 | 1070 | |
| Bn 720 | 1959 – 63 | 1019 | |
| Bnz 723 | 1965/66 | 30 | Multi-voltage heating |
| Bnrz 723 | 1966 | 40 | |
| Bnrz 724 | 1969/70 | 180 | Field hospital car, steep roof |
| Bnrz 724.1 | 1989/90 | 18 | remodeled from Bnrz 725 |
| Bnr 725 | 1966 – 68 | 190 | |
| Bnrz 725 | 1967 – 77 | 449 | |
| Bnrz 728 | 1977 – 80 | 100 | Steep roof |
| Bnrz 729 | 1977 | 2 | Karlsruher Versuchszug (Karlsruhe experimental train) |
| Bnrz 734 | 1977 | 1 | Karlsruher Versuchszug (Karlsruhe experimental train) |
| BDnf 735 | 1978 – 81 | 71 | Rebuilt from BDnf 738, cab car w/o door |
| BDnf 738 | 1959 – 64 | 229 | Cab car with front passenger door, 20 cars with multi-voltage heating |
| BDnrzf 739 | 1969 | 40 | Cab car with front passenger door, cab removed later on |
| BDnrzf 740 | 1971 – 77 | 310 | Cab car, model Karlsruhe |
| BDn 742 | 1961 – 64 | 29 | no cab, rebuilt from BDnf 738, 20 cars with multi-voltage heating |