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CP Class 9300
🇵🇹 Portugal ·built by Allan of Rotterdam· from 1954· class of self-propelled diesel railcars
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- 1. Allan 9300: Ptalaia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Série 9300 were a class of 10 self-propelled diesel railcars built for the metre gauge lines of the Portuguese Railways (CP). They were built by Allan of Rotterdam in 1954; they are similar to the Iberian gauge Série 0300 railcars built by the same manufacturer. These railcars were used on several different lines, including the Tua line and the Vouga line.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
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
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- builders
- Allan of Rotterdam
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 119 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'-de
- formation
- DMBC-TS
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 20.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2931931, Wikipedia: CP Class 9300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.