#5300
IÉ 29000 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2003· Irish train class
🚆 multiple unit ✓ in service
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dublin 1: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. An Irish Rail 29000 Class railcar at Newry Railway Station in August 2024.: Irishtrainscenes· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Irish Rail 29000 Class (originally 2900 Class) is a type of four-car Diesel Multiple Unit operated by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail). The units were built in Spain by CAF in two batches between 2002 and 2005.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 81.5 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 634: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 24 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
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- 29
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Commuter, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 298 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 81.5 m
- weight
- 43.5 t
- capacity
- 634 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5970597, Wikipedia: IÉ 29000 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.