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IÉ 8200 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Alstom· from 2000· class of 5 Irish electric multiple units
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DART Unit 8203: Keith Edkins· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DART class 8200, built by Alstom: Cityswift· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Iarnród Éireann 8200 Class were electric multiple units built for the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART). There were five two-car sets, each with a power car and a trailer car. They were numbered in the sequence 820X+840X. 820X units are power cars while 840X units are driving trailers.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Served for 8 years (2000–2008).
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
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Electric Multiple Unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Dublin Area Rapid Transit, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC Overhead wires
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset: DM-DT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5970599, Wikipedia: IÉ 8200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.