#5335
NIR Class 3000
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2004· class of 23 three-car diesel multiple units
_(cropped).jpg)
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Belfast Central2: Randwick· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Seahill (1) (cropped): Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 3000 DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. NIR 3000-4000: Ddoherty958· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NIR Class 3000 no. 3007: WakefulNI· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 3000 Class (C3K class) is a class of diesel multiple unit in service with NI Railways.
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Seats 280: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 22 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2004–2005
- in service from
- 2004
- status
- in service
- number built
- 23
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- NI Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- 3-car sets
- capacity
- 280 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6954368, Wikipedia: NIR Class 3000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.