| 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, 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 |