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New South Wales R set
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2028· class of rolling stock in New South Wales, Australia
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CAF Civity RD2301 for NSW Trainlink testing in Spain (October 2024): Armin76· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. R2-Clarendon-18May25-Edited: Jenper· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The New South Wales R sets are a type of bi-mode multiple units (EDMUs) being built to replace NSW TrainLink's Xplorer and XPT fleets for long-distance services, as well as Sydney Trains' Endeavour fleet for diesel intercity services. The fleet is being built by CAF as part of their Civity family of trains. They were known as the Regional Rail Fleet (RRF) during procurement.
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 -2 years ago, in 2028.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 146 m long: about 32 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
- 2028
- in service from
- 2028
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electro-diesel multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- NSW TrainLink, Sydney Trains
- top speed
- 176 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (NSW only)
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′2′(+2′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′2′)
- formation
- 6-car Sets (Long Regional):, RDA-RIA-RIB-RIC-RID-RDB, 3-car Sets (Short Regional):, RDC-RIE-RDD, 3-car Sets (Intercity)…
- length
- 146 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q39058621, Wikipedia: New South Wales R set (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.