#4795· 1700
NS Class 1700
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Alstom· from 1990· class of 81 Netherlands electric locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 1702; Amsterdam Sloterdijk 24-05-2012: User:Willem_90· CC0
- 2. Bad Bentheim NSI 1744 IC 144 Amsterdam Centraal (52912417034): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Maastricht Mat64 940-941 NS 1700 (14259034936): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
- 4. NS 1700 trains Amsterdam 2019: Steven Lek· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NS Class 1700 is a class of electric locomotives built by Alstom in 1990-1994 for Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 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.
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 3 years (1991–1994).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990–1994
- in service from
- 1991
- retired
- 1994
- status
- retired
- number built
- 81
- kind
- Electric 1.5 kV DC OHL
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 17.5 m
- weight
- 83 t
- Dutch name
- 1700
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q547369, Wikipedia: NS Class 1700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.