Sprinter New Generation

what is it?

The Sprinter New Generation (SNG) is an electric multiple unit train from the Dutch Railways or Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The trains are designed and built by the Spanish train builder Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), who bases the trains on the Civity platform. With a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph), the trains are primarily intended to replace older train equipment (primarily the Urban Regional Material (NS SGMm) and the push-pull double decker DDM-1 carriages), but are also intended for the growth of the number of passengers on the Hoofdrailnet or main rail network.

who runs it

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• weight 110 tin working order
• built 118made 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 8 years ago, in 2018.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏59.6 m long: about 13 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

2018

in service from

2018

status

in service

number built

118

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

top speed

160 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

3: Bo′2′2′Bo′

formation

3: mABk–B1–mBk, 4: mABk–B1–B2–mABk

length

59.6 m

weight

110 t

Dutch name

Sprinter Nieuwe Generatie

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

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