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Transwa ADR/ADS class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Alstom· from 2026· class of Australian diesel multiple unit trains
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Australind ADR204 Harvey 28-06-2026: ZytraX· CC0
- 2. ADR ADS class Set 4: Cyclohexane135· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Transwa ADR/ADS class is a class of 3-car diesel multiple units built by Alstom in Bellevue, Western Australia for the Public Transport Authority to operate the Australind service between Perth and Bunbury.
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 0 years ago, in 2026.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 72.5 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2026
- in service from
- 2026
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Transwa
- top speed
- 143 km/h
- power
- 390 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- ADR–ADS–ADR
- length
- 72.5 m
- weight
- 48.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q139257565, Wikipedia: Transwa ADR/ADS class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.