10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAP-5 at Bhopal: Shan.H.Fernandes· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BRC WAP5: Raju2789· CC0
- 3. Aerodynamic Ghaziabad WAP-5 30164 with Rupashi Bangla Express: Igobymanynames1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. WAP-5A Locomotive: Kshitij08· CC BY 4.0
- 5. 12273 Duronto Express led by WAP 5 standing on Platform 5, New Delhi, India: Ravi Dwivedi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 19024 Firozpur Janata Express - Loco WAP 5: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Amul WAP 5: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Ghaziabad based WAP-5 in Delhi Junction: Ravi Dwivedi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Ghaziabad WAP 5: Superfast1111· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 locomotive at Anand Vihar Terminal with the Anand Vihar-Bhagalpur Garib Rath Special train: Kool Nerd 123· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is a class of electric locomotives used by Indian Railways. The first ten locomotives were imported from Adtranz in Switzerland in 1995; locomotives were later manufactured by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works in India. The locomotive has regenerative braking, flexible gear coupling, wheel-mounted disc brakes, and a potential for speed enhancement to 200 km/h (120 mph).
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 4.5 MW is about 53 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 29 years.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995–2024
- in service from
- 1997
- status
- in service
- number built
- 198
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Adtranz, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- operators
- Indian Railways
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 4.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 18.2 m
- weight
- 78 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6022609, Wikipedia: Indian locomotive class WAP-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.