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- 1. Eurotunnel Class 9 locomotive 9834: Kenyh· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Eurotunnel Class 9 or Class 9000 are six-axle high-power Bo′Bo′Bo′ single-ended electric locomotives built by the Euroshuttle Locomotive Consortium (ESCL) of Brush Traction and ABB. The class was designed for and is used exclusively to haul the LeShuttle road vehicle services through the Channel Tunnel.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993–2002
- in service from
- 1994
- number built
- 58
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- ABB Group, Brush Traction
- operators
- Getlink
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′Bo′
- length
- 22 m
- weight
- 132 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836020, Wikipedia: Eurotunnel Class 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.