#4829
Renfe Class 252
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by 1668 mm track gauge· from 1991· class of Spanish electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. J29 583 Bf Valencia Norte, 252 064: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Bf Sevilla S.J., 252 003: Falk2· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Electric loc in Barcelona, Renfe 252-055-9 pic1: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 4. Electric loc in Barcelona, Renfe 252-055-9 pic2: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 5. Estación de Córdoba, Renfe 252-005: CFA1877· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Renfe 252 048 4 Arco: Bonaventura Leris from Barcelona· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Renfe 252-039 TCR Villaverde: Iván Rivera· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. RENFE 252-055-9 resting at Estacio de Francia (40260474235): Nicky Boogaard from Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands· CC BY 2.0
- 9. RENFE 252-059-1 - Valencia Nord - 2014-07-30: Mike1979 Russia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. RENFE 252-066-6 - Valencia Nord - 2014-07-30 01: Mike1979 Russia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Renfe Class 252 are a series of Bo'Bo' electric locomotives, built by CAF, Meinfesa, Siemens and Krauss-Maffei for Renfe. 15 units were built for the AVE Madrid–Seville high speed line in (standard gauge version), and 60 units constructed for general use to Iberian gauge (1668mm).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 35 years ago, in 1991.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991–1996
- number built
- 75
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- 1668 mm track gauge, standard-gauge railway, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Renfe Operadora
- top speed
- 302 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- electric system
- Catenary, 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC, Since 2010: 4 locomotives also 1.5 kV DC
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 90 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q602396, Wikipedia: Renfe Class 252 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.