APE 4.80


The APE 4.80 is a passenger trailer wagon and was built by the Swiss manufacturer Gebrüder Moser + Cie and Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie, both in Bern, for the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe.

History and development

Construction of the first wagons started in 1961, with Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie handling the manufacturing. In 1963, ZVB had more than ten APE 4.80 passenger trailers.
In the Zugerland transport companies ZVB, the APE 4.80 were mainly used on the mountain lines Zug-Ägeri and Zug-Menzingen with Saurer 5 DUK buses. This first batch of APE 4.80 passenger trailers had the same blue color as the Saurer DUK 5 busses.
Around 1975/76, together with the orange-colored FBW buses, eight new trailers were also produced and delivered in orange color.
All APE 4.80 units have a trailer coupling, which can be used to mount single-axle or two-axle luggage trailers AGP 3, and were designed in such a way that the entrance room at the rear also functioned as a luggage compartment, separated from the passenger compartment by sliding doors. In the first tranche, the passenger compartment was also divided into a smoking and non-smoking section by means of an intermediate wall with a door; in the second tranche, the last eight APE 4.80, they were designed with both as a non-smoking compartment. Both compartments were equipped with light brown leather seats. APE 4.80 number 28 of the ZVB is located in the Zug depot technology history.

Technical specifications