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#5166· MW41

Belgian Railways Class 41

🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Alstom· from 2000· class of 96 Belgian 2-car diesel multiple units

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. MW41 Antwerpen Centraal: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Arlon station SNCB Class 41: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Class 41 approaching (5950818422): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. Class 41 DMU in Gent-St-Pieters (2044569460): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Class 41 DMU in Ghent Sint Pieters (3580288338): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Foto van de MW41: Wester· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. Herzele Class 41 trein: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. MW41 - MS08 (Lokeren): Trainfan03· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. NMBS MS86 & MW41: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. SNCB NMBS Class 41 Autorail AR41(1): Derni Samy· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Belgian Railways Class 41, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

NMBS/SNCB Class 41 DMUs are diesel multiple-unit trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). They are the standard train for Belgian internal workings which cannot be worked by EMUs. They work under the 25 kV electrification in the South of Belgium as well as on the non-electrified lines in the North.

who runs it

SNCB/NMBS

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • weight 93 tin working order
  • built 96made 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 26 years ago, in 2000.
  • Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 24.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 26 years.

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

spec sheet

built
2000
in service from
2000
status
in service
number built
96
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇧🇪 Belgium
builders
Alstom
operators
SNCB/NMBS
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
DMC-DMS
length
24.8 m
weight
93 t
Dutch name
MW41

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

Sources: Wikidata Q837016, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 41 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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