2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Clp 20070602 elT 3662 Twh Erkner: Christian Liebscher ( Platte )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. WK14 Kościerzyna EW90 Travelarz: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
what is it?
EW90 is the name for German Reichsbahn ET 165 electric multiple units working for Polish State Railways (PKP) after World War II.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 308 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1932
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- AEG, Orenstein & Koppel, Siemens-Schuckert, Waggonbau Görlitz
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 308 kW
- gauge
- 435 mm narrow gauge
- electric system
- 800 V.
- wheel arrangement
- s+d
- nicknames
- Ewunia
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q314930, Wikipedia: PKP class EW90 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.