#4905
New South Wales Xplorer
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by ABB Group· from 1993· Australian diesel multiple unit trainset
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Countrylink-Xplorer-2502-at-Central: Jason Antony ( Alexanderino )· CC BY 2.5
- 2. NSW TrainLink Xplorer 2508: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. CountryLink Xplorer crossing the Queanbeyan River Railway Bridge (cropped): Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 4. 1205 XPLORER standing at Canberra Station: Sam Wilson (taken with Nikon Coolpix 4600 )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Bathurst Railway Station with Xplorer: BeauGiles· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Broken Hill Xplorer banner Bathurst Railway Station with Xplorer: BeauGiles· CC BY 2.0
- 7. CountryLink Xplorer crossing the Queanbeyan River Railway Bridge: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 8. Countrylink Xplorer Door to Vestibule: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Countrylink Xplorer train on Central station, Sydney: Maksym Kozlenko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. New South Wales Xplorer Railcar 2508 - Mapillary (1819406988233878): worldrailer @ Mapillary· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Th Xplorers are a type of diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains built by ABB and operated around New South Wales. Initially entering service in October 1993 with CountryLink, the Xplorers are mechanically identical to the Endeavour railcars, though feature a higher level of passenger amenity. All 23 carriages were built in the Dandenong rolling stock factory.
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.
- 383 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 50.5 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 23
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- ABB Group
- operators
- NSW TrainLink
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 383 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2, 3 or 4 cars* EA–EC, EA–EB–EC, EA–EB–EB–EC
- length
- 50.5 m
- weight
- 57 t
- capacity
- 42 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5177181, Wikipedia: New South Wales Xplorer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.