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NIR Class 4000

🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2011· class of 20 three-car diesel multiple units

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. NIR Class 4000 DMU 4020 Great Victoria Street station, Belfast 20130626 163108 (10273747333): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. Coleraine railway station 3: Mx. Granger· CC0
  3. 3. Class 4000 4009 at Lisburn: TL9027· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Class 4000 DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. NIR Class 4000 DMU 4020 Great Victoria Street station, Belfast 20130626 163033 (10273747953): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. NIR Class 4000 no. 4020 at Portrush, 06-08-2025: Cutlass· CC0
  7. 7. Translink NI Railways Class 4000 (4013) at Lanyon Place Platform 4: davwheat· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Translink NI Railways Class 4000 (4019) at Botanic station: davwheat· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
NIR Class 4000, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Class 4000 is a type of diesel multiple unit (DMU) in service with Northern Ireland Railways. The fleet was procured to replace outdated rolling stock, particularly Class 80 and Class 450 trains, increasing capacity and allowing longer trains to operate. The 20 trains were built by CAF, which already had previously supplied the Class 3000 units.

who runs it

NI Railways

base stats

  • speed 145 km/htop speed
  • power 390 kWpower output
  • seats 442passengers
  • built 20made in total

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 15 years ago, in 2011.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Seats 442: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2011
in service from
2011
status
in service
number built
20
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇮🇪 Ireland
builders
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
operators
NI Railways
top speed
145 km/h
power
390 kW
gauge
1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
formation
13 3-car sets, 7 6-car sets
capacity
442 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

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Sources: Wikidata Q6954366, Wikipedia: NIR Class 4000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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