Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: scandlines

I was very much struck by how retro this train looked, and I do in fact wonder about its age. I don't know very much about Swedish equipment.

This night train from Stockholm (I think) was sitting in Berlin Hbf when I arrived early in the morning, having just arrived after rolling all night.

109-1 was originaly 109 084, back when it worked for Deutsche Bahn. Now classified as a Deutsche Bahn Class 109 electric, originally it was classified as a DR E11 Class prior to 1989. While quite old now, being built sometime in the early 1960s, it still is working these night trains.

The new Berlin Hbf, while based on an older design, is so heavily rebuilt at this point that it's basically a two-year-old station. It's crammed with shops of all kinds, in addition to hosting an immense number of trains everyday (It would be cool to know the precise number, but I don't.). While waiting for my train, and photographing the Scandlines night train that had just arrived, I also noticed the opportunity to compose this shot, so I did.