DB Class 610

The DB Class 610 is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train type operated by the Deutsche Bahn in Germany.

[1] The class uses a tilting Hydraulic Fiat system used in Italian Pendolino trains.

[2] The trains were ordered for the Nürnberg to Hof, Bayreuth and Regensburg routes which include a large number of curves.

The units worked well from 1992 to 2000 when cracks in the bogies meant they had to be taken out of service.

The class are used on services around Nürnberg to Regensburg, Hof and Bayreuth.