BVG Class G are a type of electric multiple unit trains used on the Berlin U-Bahn.
While in West Berlin newer and newer vehicles were built and used, in East Berlin the pre-war A-I and A-II trains were still running. Only in the Berlin U-Bahn Line E (currently U5) had trains

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The problem with the procurement of the vehicles is that they need a modified design for the smaller profile vehicle, as it has to differentiate the normal shoes, that is why transport companies were reluctant to commission them. In 1974, the LEW "Hans Beimler" had commissioned four prototypes of the new BVG Class G double multiple unit, called Gustav in popular parlance.
As before, in BVG Class G the seats were located alongside the train walls. The BVG Class G top speed was 70 km/h. The smallest unit of these BVG Class G trains were half trains made up of two double multiple units. After intensive testing the LEW Hennigsdorf factory began manufacturing the BVG Class G trains. The production models had lower side windows and a changed front, but were technically the same. 114 cars were built until 1982. There were 24 more, but those were delivered to Greece for a railway line there. They were returned to Berlin in 1984/85.
In 1987 a new batch of BVG Class GI-trains was delivered, but with technical changes that made coupling them with the older cars impossible. Because of these changes the new trains were called BVG Class GI/1. Their popular nickname was Gisela. A speciality of these cars was the fact that they had only two doors per side, unlike the other Kleinprofil trains, which had three. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the last trains were delivered on October 1989. It replaced all the BVG Class A trains by 5 November 1989.
Most of the BVG Class G trains were deployed to the former eastern part of Berlin U-Bahn U2, before reusing it on Berlin U-Bahn U1 (Schlesches Tor - Ruhleben) for the increasing night service in December 1990, before deploying it on Berlin U-Bahn U12 and Berlin U-Bahn U15 after the Berlin U-Bahn U2 was reconnected in 1993. As of today, this trains are deployed on Berlin U-Bahn U1 and Berlin U-Bahn U2. Those trains are not deployed on Berlin U-Bahn U3 and Berlin U-Bahn U4 unless it is for emergency use. Trains were renumbered to use 2xx - 4xx numbers in 1992.
All the older BVG Class G stock were sold to Pyongyang (GI), the BVG Class G cars went for scrap in 1997, and all the BVG Class GI/1 trains were refurbished into BVG Class GI/1E from 2005 to 2007 in order to extend its lifespan.
After the BVG Class GI were withdrawn from use on the Pyongyang Metro, they were converted by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works to operate as EMUs on the national railway lines of the Korean State Railway, which numbered them in the 500 series. They are frequently seen in the northern part of North Korea, running along the Hambuk Line, the Pukpu Line and the Manpo Line; they are occasionally seen running as mixed trains pulling regular railway freight cars.

The Berlin U-Bahn (short for Untergrundbahn, "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the Berlin S-Bahn, a network of suburban train lines, and a tram network that operates mostly in the eastern parts of the city.
Opened in 1902, the Berlin U-Bahn serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of 151.7 kilometres, about 80% of which is underground. Trains run every two to five minutes during peak hours, every five minutes for the rest of the day and every ten minutes in the evening. Over the course of a year, Berlin U-Bahn trains travel 132 million km, and carry over 400 million passengers. In 2017, 553.1 million passengers rode the Berlin U-Bahn. The entire system is maintained and operated by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, commonly known as the BVG.
Berlin U-Bahn was designed to alleviate traffic flowing into and out of central Berlin, the Berlin U-Bahn was rapidly expanded until the city was divided into East and West Berlin at the end of World War II. Although the system remained open to residents of both sides at first, the construction of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent restrictions imposed by the Government of East Germany limited travel across the border. The East Berlin U-Bahn lines from West Berlin were severed, except for two West Berlin lines that ran through East Berlin (U6 and U8). These were allowed to pass through East Berlin without stopping at any of the stations, which were closed.
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