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IC5
🇩🇰 Denmark ·built by Alstom· from 2027· Electric multiple unit of the danish national rail operator DSB
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. IC5 KVO jan. 2026: Morten Haagensen· CC0
- 2. IC5 mock up blå: Morten Haagensen· CC0
- 3. Udsigt fra Trafiktårn Øst - IC5-værksted: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DSB Class ES is a planned electric multiple unit train class ordered by the Danish State Railways (DSB). The trains are branded as IC5 and are part of Alstom's Coradia Stream family. The trainsets are being built by Alstom in Poland and Germany.
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 -1 years ago, in 2027.
- 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.
- 5.9 MW is about 70 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 109 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 300: 6 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
- 2027
- in service from
- 2027
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 5.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(2)′(2)′Bo′+Bo′(2)′Bo′
- formation
- 5 cars
- length
- 109 m
- capacity
- 300 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q127161725, Wikipedia: IC5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.