#4475· XPT
New South Wales XPT
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1982· express passenger train in New South Wales, Australia
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Xptnew: The original uploader was Vicer at English Wikipedia .· Attribution
- 2. NSW XPT passenger train Galong, NSW: Tomoyn· CC BY 4.0
- 3. CountryLink XPT 2007: Bidgee· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Red XPT at Central Station May 2026: Nick-D· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. XPT bound for Melbourne at Gunning, New South Wales, 28 March 2009: SCHolar44 at Wikipedia· CC0
- 6. 00 gauge XPT II: Will Thorpe· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Central West XPT at Dubbo 03: Will Thorpe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. CountryLink XPT 2008: Bidgee· CC BY 3.0
- 9. CountryLink XPT at Waratah railway station: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Dubbo XPT at Bathurst: Whats new? at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The XPT (short for Express Passenger Train) is a class of diesel-powered passenger train operated around eastern Australia built by Comeng and ABB. Based on the British Rail-designed High Speed Train (HST), each XPT set comprises a power car on each end and, between them, from four to seven passenger carriages. The XPT was procured following a competitive tendering process, with an initial contract for 30 trainsets, comprising 10 power cars and 20 carriages, in March 1980. The design of the HST was substantially modified.
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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- 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.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 44 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982
- in service from
- 1982
- status
- in service
- number built
- 19
- kind
- Diesel powered
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering, ABB Group
- operators
- State Rail Authority of New South Wales, CountryLink, NSW TrainLink
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 4–7 carriages
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 40 t
- Dutch name
- XPT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5177184, Wikipedia: New South Wales XPT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.