VAG Class DT3

Every DT3 train consists of two permanently coupled cars, forming a twin-unit. The cars are connected with a gangway, allowing passengers to walk into the adjacent car. The trains are equipped with automatic couplers, enabling operation of up to two units together to form a four-car train.

Seating accommodation consists of transverse seating bays as well as folding seats. The trains have displays which show the name of the next station, and CCTV cameras. Passenger information screens and a passenger counting system are implemented in the DT3-F trains.{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.eurailpress.de/news/bahnbetrieb/single-view/news/vag-nuernberg-der-erste-dt3-f-ist-angekommen-1.html |title=VAG Nürnberg: Der erste DT3-F ist angekommen |trans-title=VAG Nürnberg: The first DT3-F has arrived |language=de |date=August 31, 2010 |website=eurailpress.de |publisher=DVV Media Group GmbH |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053357/https://www.eurailpress.de/news/bahnbetrieb/single-view/news/vag-nuernberg-der-erste-dt3-f-ist-angekommen-1.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Grewe |first=Tilmann |url=http://www.nordbayern.de/ressorts/an-der-u-bahn-tur-wirdfast-jeder-gezahlt-1.1285446 |title=An der U-Bahn-Tür wird fast jeder gezählt |trans-title=Almost everyone gets counted at the subway door |language=de |date=June 7, 2011 |website=nordbayern.de |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171910/https://www.nordbayern.de/ressorts/an-der-u-bahn-tur-wird-fast-jeder-gezahlt-1.1285446 |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Nürnberg DT3 innen.JPG|Interior view

The car bodies are made out of aluminium, and the trains are powered by three-phase-asynchronous motors. As they are used in automatic operation, the DT3 trains are not equipped with full driving cabs, but only with small concealed driving panels, which are used for maintenance.{{cite web |url=https://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/rubin-moves-into-testing-phase.html |title=Rubin moves into testing phase |author= |date=February 1, 2005 |website=metro-report.com |publisher=Metro Report International |access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132128/https://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/rubin-moves-into-testing-phase.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=dead}} The DT3-F trains are equipped with full driving cabs, enabling them to be used on driver operated services on non-automated lines. The cabs are designed to be removed in case of a conversion for fully automated operation.{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/nuernberg-dt3-f-arrives.html |author= |title=Nürnberg DT3-F metro train arrives |date=September 17, 2010 |website=railwaygazette.com |publisher=Railway Gazette International|access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171507/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/nuernberg-dt3-f-arrives.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Besides the power supply by contact shoes, every unit is also equipped with a pantograph, as parts of the maintenance facilities are electrified with overhead lines.

The first unit was delivered in April 2004 as part of the "Rubin" project, which planned to introduce fully automated trains on the Nuremberg U-Bahn. Rubin is an acronym for Realisierung einer automatisierten U-Bahn in Nürnberg (Implementation of an automated U-Bahn in Nuremberg).{{cite web |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/driverless-operations-start-in-nuernberg.html |author= |title=Driverless operations start in Nürnberg |date=May 6, 2008 |website=railwaygazette.com |publisher=Railway Gazette International|access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719022709/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/driverless-operations-start-in-nuernberg.html |archive-date=July 19, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/vollautomatisch-im-untergrund-nuernberg-testet-erste-fahrerlose-u-bahn-a-452912.html |author= |title=Nürnberg testet erste fahrerlose U-Bahn |trans-title=Nuremberg is testing the first driverless subway |date=December 6, 2006 |website=spiegel.de |publisher=SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103163221/https://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/vollautomatisch-im-untergrund-nuernberg-testet-erste-fahrerlose-u-bahn-a-452912.html |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |url-status=live}} Automated test running on line U3 began in January 2005. On May 4, 2008, the first DT3 trains entered automatic revenue service on line U3. Driverless operation was officially launched on June 14, 2008, two years later than anticipated.{{cite web |last=Eisenack |first=Gabriele |url=http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/start-vor-10-jahren-fahrerlose-u-bahn-laut-vag-ein-erfolg-1.7691819 |title=Start vor 10 Jahren: Fahrerlose U-Bahn laut VAG ein Erfolg |trans-title=Start 10 years ago: Driverless U-Bahn is a success, according to VAG |language=de |date=June 12, 2018 |website=nordbayern.de |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106135254/https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/start-vor-10-jahren-fahrerlose-u-bahn-laut-vag-ein-erfolg-1.7691819 |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Feddern |first=Boi |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Fahrerlose-U-Bahn-nimmt-in-Nuernberg-offiziell-den-Betrieb-auf-214327.html |title=Fahrerlose U-Bahn nimmt in Nürnberg offiziell den Betrieb auf |trans-title=Driverless U-Bahn officially begins operation in Nuremberg |language=de |date=June 15, 2008 |website=heise.de |publisher=Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910140123/https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Fahrerlose-U-Bahn-nimmt-in-Nuernberg-offiziell-den-Betrieb-auf-214327.html |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} Originally scheduled for 2006, the official launch of driverless operation had to be pushed back to 2008 due to technical difficulties{{cite web |last=Fischer |first=André |url=http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/nurnberger-u-bahn-fahrt-seit-funf-jahren-fahrerlos-1.2971462 |title=Nürnberger U-Bahn fährt seit fünf Jahren fahrerlos |trans-title=Nuremberg U-Bahn runs driverless since five years |language=de |date=June 14, 2013 |website=nordbayern.de |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107032446/http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/nurnberger-u-bahn-fahrt-seit-funf-jahren-fahrerlos-1.2971462 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |url-status=live}} and mechanical problems, which resulted in the return of two prototype DT3 sets to the supplier Siemens.{{cite web |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/rubin-project-loses-momentum.html |author= |title=Rubin project loses momentum |date=May 1, 2007 |website=railwaygazette.com |publisher=Railway Gazette |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106094323/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/rubin-project-loses-momentum.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live}} Fully automatic trial runs on line U2 began on January 13, 2009, while the trains were already in automatic revenue service on line U3.{{cite web |url=https://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-february-2009.html |title=Urban rail news in brief - February 2009 |author= |date=February 21, 2009 |website=metro-report.com |publisher=Metro Report International |access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053416/https://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-february-2009.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

A second batch of 14 DT3 trains was ordered in 2008.{{cite web |last=Grewe |first=Tilmann |url=http://www.nordbayern.de/2.192/vag-hat-14-neue-u-bahnzuge-bestellt-1.895754 |title=VAG hat 14 neue U-Bahnzüge bestellt |trans-title=VAG has ordered 14 new U-Bahn trains |language=de |date=September 27, 2008 |website=nordbayern.de |publisher=Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190910140733/https://www.nordbayern.de/2.192/vag-hat-14-neue-u-bahnzuge-bestellt-1.895754 |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} These units, classified as DT3-F, feature a full control cab for manual operation, but also can be operated fully automatic. First DT3-F units arrived in Nuremberg at the end of August 2010. The DT3-F trains entered service in May 2011.{{cite book |last=Reinhardt |first=Winfried |title=Geschichte des Öffentlichen Personenverkehrs von den Anfängen bis 2014: Mobilität in Deutschland mit Eisenbahn, U-Bahn, Straßenbahn und Bus|trans-title=History of public transport from the beginning to 2014: Mobility in Germany with railway, subway, tramway and bus |pages=792, 793 |language=de |date=2014 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-658-06628-4}} The "F" in the designation indicates the option of manual operation and means "Fahrer" (German for "driver").

• List of driverless trains

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• [https://www.vag.de/ihre-vag/projekte/neue-zuege-fuer-die-u1/ VAG fleet information] {{in lang|de}}
• [https://www.mobility.siemens.com/mobility/global/SiteCollectionDocuments/de/rail-solutions/metros/slideshow/metro-nuernberg-de.pdf Siemens press release] {{in lang|de}}

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