#5138· Reeks 213 FGC
FGC 213 Series
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 1999· Metric-gauge EMUs owned by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya currently operated on the Llobregat-Anoia line.
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. UT 213.38 de FGC: The STB· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 213 series is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter and suburban train type operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, providing all passenger service on the Llobregat-Anoia line since 2009. First introduced in 1999, the trains operate as single units or coupled as 6 car double units.
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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- 1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 52 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- number built
- 42
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Alstom, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Bombardier
- operators
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3-car sets (Mcp–T–Mcp)
- length
- 52 m
- weight
- 102 t
- Dutch name
- Reeks 213 FGC
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q64056202, Wikipedia: FGC 213 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.