Show FullscreenGERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG put the first of its small-profile Type JK metro cars into passenger service on U-Bahn Line U2 with a ceremony at Deutsche Oper station on September 8. Up to 140 vehicles are expected to be in service by the end of the year. The new trains will be supplied in two types, with 2 400 mm wide Type JK cars for the small-profile lines 1 to 4 and 2 650 mm wide Type J cars for the larger profile lines 5 to 9. The Type JK cars are being supplied as two or four-car sets which can be combined to form six or eight-car trains. The first of the large profile Type J cars are currently on trial and are scheduled to enter passenger service in summer 2026.