🚆 multiple unit retired
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Luxtorpeda Austro-Daimler Krakow 1930: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. "Torpeda podhalańska" na dworcu kolejowym w Zakopanem (1-G-2970): Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 3. Luxtorpeda Fablok Zakopane 1936b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. POL Luxtorpeda: Hubert Śmietanka· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Luxtorpeda was the colloquial name of a famous Polish railcar from the 1930s, operating express services primarily from Kraków to other Polish cities.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1933–1954).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1933
- in service from
- 1933
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Austro-Daimler, Fablok
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 22.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6706438, Wikipedia: Luxtorpeda (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.