TW 2500

And the final of the three EMU types used on Hanover's LRV system, the TW 2500. When I said that the TW 2000 and the TW 2500 are nearly identical, I meant it. The difference, the one and only difference, is that the TW 2000 has two cabs, one at each end, while the TW 2500 has only one. The other end instead is open and has a full-width passage. Obviously, there are always two of them used, coupled together back-to-back. To a not very observant observer this may in fact look like a single EMU, but it's not. The fact that such a train has two pantographs should give it away.

The TW 2500 can be coupled with the TW 2000 for three-car trains, used in the rush hour. The problem with that is that on some lines, the platforms aren't long enough, so the very first and very last doors of the train can't be used. Two complete TW 2500 trains can also be coupled together to create a four-unit, twelve-part 100 meter long monstertrain, which is used with special permission for service to Hanover's trade fair centre, home of, among a lot of other things, the CeBIT.

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