{{Short description|Swiss bilevel commuter train}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox train | background = | name = | image = BLS RABe 515 Bürglen.jpg | imagealt = Silver train with green trim | imagesize = 300px | caption = Four-car formation near {{rws|Bürglen}} in 2012 | interiorimage = BLS RABe 515 010 interior 060417 1.jpg | interiorimagealt = Blue upholstered seats, four across with an aisle | interiorcaption = Second class interior, upper level | service = 2012–present | manufacturer = Stadler Rail | designer = | assembly = | ordernumber = | factory = | family = Stadler KISS | replaced = | yearconstruction = | yearservice = | refurbishment = | yearscrapped = | numberconstruction = | numberbuilt = 39 | numberservice = 39 | numberpreserved = | numberscrapped = | predecessor = | successor = | formation = 4–6 cars | diagram = | code = | fleetnumbers = 001–039 | capacity = 335–546 | owner = | operator = {{Plainlist| * BLS AG * BLS Fernverkehr AG }} | depots = | lines =
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The '''BLS RABe 515''', also known as '''MUTZ''',{{efn|{{langx|de|moderner, universeller triebzug|lit=modern, universal multiple unit train}}<ref name="bls-rabe515">{{Cite web |last=BLS |date=2021-09-28 |title=Charterzüge: RABe 515 Doppelstockzug «MUTZ» - Charter & Flotte |url=https://www.bls.ch/de/freizeit-und-ferien/charter/flotte-rabe-515-mutz |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=BLS |language=de}}</ref>}} is a class of bilevel electric multiple units manufactured by Stadler Rail for BLS AG. It is a second-generation derivative of the Stadler KISS. Formations are composed of four or six cars. They were the first bilevel cars used by BLS.
== History == BLS ordered 28 four-car trainsets in March 2010 at a cost of {{CHF|494 million|link=yes|ISO=yes}}. BLS planned to use the cars on various Bern S-Bahn routes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-21 |title=Stadler unveils first BLS double-decker train |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/uncategorized/newsstadler-unveils-first-bls-double-decker-train/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> The first trains entered service on 19 September 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eisenbahn-Kurier – Vorbild und Modell - BLS: Erster Doppelstockzug auf "Stadt Bern" getauft |url=https://www.eisenbahn-kurier.de/startseite/1625-bls-erster-doppelstockzug-auf-stadt-bern-getauft |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.eisenbahn-kurier.de}}</ref> All 28 trains were in service by the December 2014 timetable change.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BLS |date=2016-08-15 |title=Alle Doppelstockzüge MUTZ auf der S-Bahn-Bern unterwegs – Medienmitteilung vom 25.11.2014 – BLS AG |url=https://www.bls.ch/en/unternehmen/medien/medienmitteilungen/2014/11-25 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=BLS |language=en}}</ref> BLS ordered three more trainsets in 2015, also for use on S-Bahn routes.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Scheeder | first=Fabian | title=Weitere RABe 515 für die BLS | journal=Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue | date=2017 | issue=1 | page=2 | issn=1022-7113 | lang=de}}</ref> In 2018, BLS exercised an option for eight more trainsets for use on long-distance routes between Bern and {{rws|Biel/Bienne}} and Bern and {{rws|Olten}}. Five of these use an extended six-car formation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BLS |date=2018-11-28 |title=Die BLS bedient ab Dezember 2019 zwei Fernverkehrslinien – 21.06.2018 – BLS AG |url=https://www.bls.ch/en/unternehmen/medien/medienmitteilungen/2018/06-21-fernverkehr |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=BLS |language=en}}</ref>
== Design == The four-car formation is {{convert|102240|mm|ftin||frac=16}} long. Cars stand {{convert|4595|mm|ftin|frac=16}} tall and are {{convert|2800|mm|ftin|frac=16}} wide. The four-car trains have seating for 335 passengers; the six-car trains can accommodate 546. The design speed is {{convert|160|kph}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stadlerrail.com/media/pdf/kiss_dobls0710d.pdf | title=Elektrischer Doppelstocktriebzug KISS für die BLS AG, S-Bahn Bern, Schweiz | accessdate=2022-12-20 | lang=de | publisher=Stadler Rail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BLS |date=2016-09-15 |title=Charter trains: RABe 515 double-decker train "MUTZ" - charter & fleet |url=https://www.bls.ch/en/freizeit-und-ferien/charter/flotte-rabe-515-mutz |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=BLS |language=en}}</ref>
In both formations there are cabs at the front and rear ends. The four-car formation has a single car with split first class and second class seating, with the six-car formation has two such cars. Passengers sit on both levels of the cars. The cars are low floor. Stairs at each end of each car permit access to the gangway between cars and to the upper level.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bls.ch/-/media/bls/pdf/uebrige-pdfs/flotte/typenskizze-mutz.pdf?la=de&vs=1 | title=Doppelstock-Triebzug Typ «MUTZ» 4-teilig (RABe 515) | publisher=BLS | lang=de | accessdate=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bls.ch/-/media/bls/pdf/uebrige-pdfs/flotte/typenskizze-mutz-6teilig.pdf?la=de&vs=1 | title=Doppelstock-Triebzug Typ «MUTZ» 6-teilig (RABe 515) | publisher=BLS | lang=de | accessdate=2022-12-20}}</ref>
== Operation == {{As of|2022}}, the BLS RABe 515 is used on the S1, S3, S31, and S6 of the Bern S-Bahn, and on the Bern–Biel/Bienne and Bern–Olten InterRegio services.<ref name="bls-rabe515" />
== Naming == {{Stack| thumb|upright|RABe 515 009 is named after 'Muri bei Bern' }} It is common practice for railway companies in Switzerland to name their locomotives (e.g. SBB Re 620, BLS Re 465) and MUs (e.g. SBB RABe 501, SOB RABe 526, BLS RABe 525, BLS RABe 528). Twelve BLS RABe 515 are named after communes in the cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel and Solothurn, each displaying also the respective coat of arms (COA). RABe 515 008 has a special livery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juergs.ch/eisenbahn/triebzuege/rabe-515/ |title=BLS RABe 515 "MUTZ" |publisher=juergs.ch |language=de |access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:55%;" |- class="hintergrundfarbe6" ! № ! COA ! style="text-align:left" | Name ! ! № ! COA ! style="text-align:left" | Name ! ! № ! COA ! style="text-align:left" | Name |- | width="5%" align="center" | 515 001 || width="7%" | 18px || align="left" width="20%" | Stadt Bern | width="2%" rowspan="30" bgcolor="#B2B2B2" | | width="5%" align="center" | 515 009 || 18px || align="left" | Muri bei Bern | width="2%" rowspan="30" bgcolor="#B2B2B2" | | width="5%" align="center" | 515 018 || 18px || align="left" | Stadt Langenthal |- |- | align="center" | 515 003 || 18px || align="left" | Düdingen | align="center" | 515 012 || 18px || align="left" | Lyss | align="center" | 515 020 || 18px || align="left" | Schwarzenburg |- |- | align="center" | 515 004 || 18px || align="left" | Ville de Neuchâtel | align="center" | 515 013 || 18px || align="left" | Fribourg/Freiburg | align="center" | 515 035 || 18px || align="left" | Olten |- |- | align="center" | 515 006 || 18px || align="left" | Köniz | align="center" | 515 014 || 18px || align="left" | Interlaken | align="center" | 515 036 || 18px || align="left" | Biel/Bienne |- |}
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== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * [https://www.bls.ch/en/freizeit-und-ferien/charter/flotte-rabe-515-mutz RABe 515 – Double-decker train "MUTZ"]
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