VR Class Sm4

what is it?

The Sm4 electric multiple unit (EMU) is a low-floor train used by the VR Group for its VR commuter rail services. The initial order was for ten EMUs with the first unit entering service in 1999. Another 20 units were ordered in 2002 and the deliveries were completed in 2005.

who runs it

VR Group

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• power 1.2 MWpower output
• weight 114 tin working order
• seats 100passengers
• built 30made 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 27 years ago, in 1999.
• 🏎️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.
• 🚗1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏26.5 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 100: 2 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

1999

in service from

1999

number built

30

kind

Electric Multiple Unit

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇮 Finland

builders

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Fiat Ferroviaria, Alstom, Alstom Transport

operators

VR Group

top speed

160 km/h

power

1.2 MW

gauge

1,524 mm Russian broad gauge

electric system

catenary

wheel arrangement

B′2′+2′B′

formation

2 cars

length

26.5 m

weight

114 t

capacity

100 passengers

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