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CP Class 0350

🇵🇹 Portugal ·built by Allan of Rotterdam· from 1954

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
CP Class 0350, photo 1 of 2
1/2 _morgado· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Série 0350 are a type of single carriage diesel railcar used by Portuguese Railways (CP). They were built by Allan of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1954-55 (as Série 0300). In 2000 they were extensively modernised and reclassified as Série 0350.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • seats 179passengers
  • built 21made in total

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 72 years ago, in 1954.
  • 23.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 179: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 72 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1954
in service from
1954
status
in service
number built
21
kind
Diesel Multiple Unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇵🇹 Portugal
builders
Allan of Rotterdam
operators
Comboios de Portugal
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
length
23.6 m
capacity
179 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q2931899, Wikipedia: CP Class 0350 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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