Local train
A local train was a train type of the local rail passenger transport of the Deutsche Bundesbahn . These trains had mostly short routes and stopped at every train station and stop . Local trains often only offered the second class of car , as a rule luggage and bicycles were transported in baggage carts or half- baggage carts .
history
Local trains used to be called passenger trains and were abbreviated as P. From the beginning of the 1950s, local express trains (abbreviated N ) were added, which offered shorter travel times thanks to shorter stops and higher maximum speeds. In the 1970s, this distinction was abandoned and local trains were listed in the timetables without train type letters.
Because of their small cruise speed commuter trains were in the vernacular as slow trains designated. They were the only type of train on many branch lines in rural areas. There were sometimes also freight trains with passenger transport , whose travel speed was even slower than that of passenger trains due to the loading activity.
Typical diesel vehicles for local trains were rail buses , which have now been replaced by other diesel multiple units. Local wagons were used in locomotive-hauled trains .
From 1987 the train type regional train for modernized local trains was introduced. The Deutsche Bahn took over this in 1995 for all local trains, since then the name local train no longer exists .
