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Euskotren 300 series
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 1990· electric multiple unit operated by Euskotren
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bilbao Euskotren 6: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 23.03.06 Bilbao Atxuri ET 312 (6076637955): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Euskotren 300 series was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Euskotren in the Basque Country, Spain from 1990 to 2018.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 516 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 30.5 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1990–2018).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2018
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Babcock & Wilcox, Sociedad Española de Construcciones Babcock y Wilcox
- operators
- Euskotren
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 516 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+2'2'
- formation
- 2 cars
- length
- 30.5 m
- capacity
- 86 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q38270969, Wikipedia: Euskotren 300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.