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Renfe Class 435
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 1977· electric multiple unit of narrow gauge bulit in Spain
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ET3513: Jean-Pierre Vergez-larrouy· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Bf Bilbao Atxuri, ES 6502: Falk2· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Renfe Class 435 (until 2014 the FEVE 3500 series) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Renfe in Spain. The first units entered service in the Basque Country in 1977, these trains were later transferred to Euskotren, where they were known as the Euskotren 3500 series. Euskotren retired its last 3500 trains in 2013, but some units are still in service in Asturias.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 660 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 49 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1977
- in service from
- 1977
- status
- in service
- number built
- 39
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, AEG
- operators
- Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha, Euskotren, Renfe Operadora, Euskotren Trena
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 660 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+2'2'
- formation
- 2, 3 and 4 cars
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 29.7 t
- capacity
- 76 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2816279, Wikipedia: Renfe Class 435 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.