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RABe 523 FLIRT in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

RABe 523 FLIRT

The RABe 523 FLIRT is an electric unit from Switzerland in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route, and another DLC brings it to 1 more.

Picture: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz: Luzern - Sursee, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: RABe 523.

In these DLCs: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz: Luzern - Sursee.

Official manual: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz: Luzern - Sursee.

From Dovetail's store page

  • SBB RABe 523 EMU in SBB livery
  • ETCS Level 0 & 1 (Level 1 has “Staff Responsible“ and “Full Supervision“ modes)

The real thing

The FLIRT is a family of multiple unit trains built by Stadler Rail of Switzerland, first delivered to Swiss Federal Railways in 2004. Top speeds range from 127 to 200 km/h, and operators in 24 countries have ordered it.

  • Built by: Stadler Rail (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 2004–present (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: Over 3000 sold (as of December 2025) (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: Belarusian Railway, MÁV Passenger Transport Co., Swiss Federal Railways, Slovenske železnice, Serbian Railways, Koleje Śląskie (Wikidata)
  • Top speed: 127 to 200 km/h (Wikipedia)

Photo: Roel Hemkes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article Stadler FLIRT and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.

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