#4391
2000 class railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1980· railcars of suburban Adelaide
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2000 class 4car gawler: Paul Aslin· Public domain
what is it?
The 2000 class and 2100 class were diesel multiple units that operated on the Adelaide rail network between 1980 and 2015. They were built by Comeng in Granville, New South Wales in 1979–1980. As of 2024, six railcars have been preserved while the rest have been scrapped.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1980–2016).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1980
- in service from
- 1980
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- State Transport Authority, TransAdelaide, Adelaide Metro
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 390 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Power cars: B′B′ Trailers: 2'2'
- formation
- 2–4 carriages
- length
- 24.8 m
- weight
- 65 t
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4598010, Wikipedia: 2000 class railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.