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CRRC ZEMU03
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 2024· Czech train
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Regiojet Sirius 665 003-0 at Usti nad Labem hl. n.- -IMG 7028: Ollivius· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CRRC ZEMU03, also known as Czech Republic Class 665 "Sirius", is an electric multiple unit (EMU) built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive. The first customer of this type was the Czech Republic railway operator Leo Express (LE) The commercial operation with passengers began in 2024 with RegioJet (RJ). The type is registered with the Czech railway administration as Class 665.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
- 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 40 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 112 m long: about 25 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
- 2024
- in service from
- 2024
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- RegioJet
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line, * 3kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’2’2’2’2’2’Bo’
- formation
- 6 cars per set
- length
- 112 m
- weight
- 241 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q138719842, Wikipedia: CRRC ZEMU03 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.