The Type A is an

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(EMU) train type formerly operated on the

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system. They were the first type of subway cars in

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, entering service on 15 February 1912, and were later designated as Type T. Some cars were converted to maintenance service cars.

Variants

Type A and Type T

Type A cars, later designated as Type T, had wooden car bodies and two manually operated sliding doors per side. Seating accommodation consisted of a mix of longitudinal and transverse seats. Some cars were equipped with two cabs. The last Type T car was withdrawn in 1970. File:Museumsbahn an der Saarlandstraße by Niederkasseler - panoramio.jpg, T6 car 220 in April 2010 File:DSCF0974.jpg, Interior of car 220 in May 2006 File:Cabin type A.JPG, Driver's cabin of a T6 car

Type TU1 and TU2

Some cars damaged during

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were rebuilt with new car bodies and electro-pneumatic doors. These cars rebuilt between 1947 and 1953 were initially redesignated as Type B, but were later designated as Type TU1. 100 cars underwent refurbishment from 1959 until 1961 and received

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paneling and rebuilt car ends, and were designated as Type TU2. File:Historischer U-Bahnzug in der Haltestelle Saarlandstraße 1.jpg, TU1 car 8838 in September 2008 File:HHA TU1 - 8838-III.JPG, TU1 car 8838 in October 2012 File:HHA TU2 - 8762-III.JPG, TU2 car 8762 in October 2012

Preserved examples

*T1 car 11: built by Waggonfabrik Falkenried in 1911 *T1 car 18: built by Waggonfabrik Falkenried in 1911 *T1 car 8040 (formerly 177): built in 1914, later used as a track maintenance car *T6 car 220: built by Waggonfabrik Falkenried in 1920 *TU1 car 8838: built by Siemens-Schuckert Werke and Waggonfabrik Gebr. Credé & Co. in 1927 *TU2 car 8762: built by

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and Waggonfabrik Gebr. Credé & Co. in 1929

References

External links

Detailed information about subway cars of the Hamburg U-Bahn - hochbahnbuch.de
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