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Ghana Railways 1300 series DMUs
Ghana ·built by CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.· from 2010· Ghanaian diesel multiple unit
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Train In Accra 005: NanaYawBotar· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Ghana railways 1300 series DMUs are Ghanaian diesel-electric multiple units manufactured by CRRC Tangshan in China for Ghana Railway Company in Ghana, they are designed for shuttle service between Accra and Tema on the Achimota–Tema branchline. In 2008, GRC ordered two diesel multiple units from China CNR Corporation's Tangshan plant for 23 million dollars to replace locomotive-hauled trains, they were built in 2009 and were shipped from the Chinese port of Tianjin. Both multiple units entered service in October 2010.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 618 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 42 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 108 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 668: 13 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
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- Ghana
- builders
- CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Ghana Railway Corporation
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 618 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 6 cars
- length
- 108 m
- weight
- 254 t
- capacity
- 668 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q141488694, Wikipedia: Ghana Railways 1300 series DMUs (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.