#6392· M7
NMBS/SNCB M7 railcar
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· class of bilevel passenger car of the Belgian rail operator NMBS/SNCB
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. M7 rijtuig: Christophe.mestdag· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. M7 Trein: Floris DC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 20240604 NMBS 76025: Alex Noble· CC0
- 4. Aiguillages, Bruxelles-Midi, 19 mai 2024: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Brussel Zuid 2024 4: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Brussels Airport train station 07: Nenea hartia· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Eetgoedstraat, Wichelen, 2017: DimiTalen· CC0
- 8. HLE 1348 - P 8628 - Bruxelles-Midi - 07-05-2025: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. HLE 1356 - IC 2130 - Luxembourg-Bruxelles-Midi - 02-01-2025: User:Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. HLE 1358 - IC 2117 - gare du Midi - 07-03-2025: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The M7 cars are a series of bilevel rail cars of the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). Developed from the M6 cars, they were built by Bombardier Transportation and Alstom. The first car was delivered in September 2018.
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
- 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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 747
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- Dutch name
- M7
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q22328892, Wikipedia: NMBS/SNCB M7 railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.