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PKP class EW58
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Alstom Pojazdy Szynowe· electric multiple unit produced by Pafawag
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EW58-006: wolinlbn· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. EW58-002, Warszawa, 1975: A. Kostoczko, Centralny Ośrodek Badań i Rozwoju Techniki Kolejnictwa· Public domain
- 3. EW58-005 - wnętrze, 2014-03-19: wej96· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. EW58-011 + EN57-1670: boaski from Oslo, Norway· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. EW58-012 i EW58-005, Gdynia Cisowa Postojowa, 2016-11-26: wej96· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. EW58-028: Manfred E. Fritsche· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 7. EW58-028 - kabina, 2015-02-02: wej96· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. EW58 wnętrze: Yusek· Public domain
what is it?
Pafawag 3WE and 3WEa (car type 301B+401B+301B, series EW58) are standard gauge three-car high-platform electric multiple units produced by Pafawag in Wrocław between 1974 and 1980, with a total of 28 units built. Initially, these vehicles were intended for the Gdańsk and Warsaw railway hubs, but they were ultimately only operated in the Tricity. In the 1990s, most of the units were involved in accidents and subsequently scrapped.
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
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 64 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 564: 11 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 28
- kind
- electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Alstom Pojazdy Szynowe
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 205 kW
- length
- 64 m
- weight
- 147 t
- capacity
- 564 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q9249980, Wikipedia: PKP class EW58 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.