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CxK
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2003· family of multiple unit trains produced by CAF
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Belfast Central2: Randwick· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. IE 29000 Class: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NIR Class 4000: Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 4. New Zealand AM class electric multiple unit: Alex Burgess; Uploaded by Pcuser42· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
CxK is an unofficial name given to a family of multiple unit trains produced by CAF for Ireland and Auckland. There are four types in operation, and they are the main suburban and commuter trains in Ireland. The name derives from NI Railways "C3K" and "C4K" classes.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- 167
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- NI Railways, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- EMU:
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5197274, Wikipedia: CxK (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.