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Komet (train)
The ''Komet'' (German for ''The Comet'') is an international overnight express train service between Germany and Switzerland. Its name reflects the notion that the ''Comet'' train and an actual comet can both be described as travelling through the night at high speed. It has been in operation since 1954. It became a EuroCity (EC) service upon the launch of the EC network in 1987. It has been categorised as CityNightLine service since the mid-1990s.
==Preparation and first era==
After the creation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway) on 13 December 1951, the new railway company set up a long distance network (F-Zug). Between Hamburg and Switzerland two services were planned: the day service ''Senator'' and the night service ''Komet''. The new services needed rolling stock as well, and at that time experiments were carried out to develop new trainsets for the new services. Railway engineer Franz Kruckenberg, who already had experimented with new trains, e.g. the Railzeppelin, before the Second World War, designed a lightweight train, the VT 10.5.〔Reisen 1. Klasse, p. 16.〕 Two diesel multiple-units (DMUs) were built. The day-service version, 10.501, was ordered by Deutsche Bundesbahn from manufacturer Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB). The night-service version, 10.551, was ordered by the German Sleeper and Dining Car Company (DSG) from .
DSG introduced the ''Komet'' on 15 May 1954, using their VT 10.5 DMU,〔Das grosse TEE Buch, p. 31〕 operating between Hamburg and Basel.〔''Cook's Continental Timetable'' (May 23–June 17, 1954 edition), pp. 293, 301–302. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.〕 It operated three days a week and carried only first- and second-class sleeping cars and a dining car.〔 The Deutsche Bundesbahn took over the operation by 1 January 1955. The VT 10.5 was withdrawn from service on 20 December 1960〔Das grosse TEE Buch, p. 34〕 and replaced by locomotive-hauled coaches. By at least the early 1960s, the ''Komet'' was operating seven days a week, and its route had been extended from Basel to Chur, Switzerland.〔"Table 45: Komet". ''Cooks Continental Timetable'' (February 1963 edition), p. 67. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.〕
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