User manual
Bachmann Europe Plc
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Operating Manual
L133920-39
Electric Double Decker Railcar
Information on the original:
Since 2004 the FLIRT railcar, which was developed and built by the Stadler
Company, has been operated by many European railway companies. The
increased passenger volume recorded by many companies and the restricted
length of platforms has led to the development of a “successor” to the FLIRT,
namely the KISS designed by Stadler as a double decker railcar and also
designated as the DOSTO since 2010. A double decker carriage can trans-
port 30 per cent more passengers than a single-deck carriage. This railcar
and the new concept it represents have been employed both for suburban
line services (since 2012 by the SBB on Zurich suburban lines or by the BLS
on suburban lines in Bern) and for main line traffi c (WESTbahn).
The name KISS stands for “komfortabler innovativer spurtstarker S-Bahn-
Zug (comfortable, innovative, high-torque suburban train)”. The SBB now
calls the railcar the REGIO-DOSTO; the BLS calls it the MUTZ (the same
name as the bear appearing on the Bern coat of arms, but also standing for
“moderner, universeller Trieb-Zug [modern, universal railcar])”.
A four-part railcar consists of units 100, 200, 400 and 600, a six-part railcar
of the units 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600.
LILIPUT thanks you for purchasing this model
and hopes it brings you a lot of pleasure.