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Sri Lanka Railways S10

🇨🇳 China ·built by CSR Corporation Limited· from 2008· class of diesel multiple units

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Class S10: Laniltm· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. SRI LANKA RAILWAYS CLASS S10 AT COLOMBO FORT STATION SRI LANKA JAN 2013 (8512979422): calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. CLASS S10 DMU OF SRI LANKA RAILWAYS LEAVING FORT STATION COLOMBO SRI LANKA JAN 2013 (9362221285): calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. Class S10 3rd Class: Laniltm· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. SLR S10 DMU: Laniltm· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. Class S10 Train in Sri Lanka: Nimanka Mahesh at English Wikipedia This photo was taken with iPhone 5S· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. S10 Train in Sri Lanka: Nimanka Mahesh at English Wikipedia This photo was taken with iPhone 5S· CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sri Lanka Railways S10, photo 1 of 7
1/7 Laniltm· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

Sri Lanka Railways S10 is a class of Diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train set built for Sri Lanka Railways by China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation and imported in 2008. Fifteen S10 DEMUs were ordered to strengthen commuter services on crucial commuter lines.

who runs it

Sri Lanka Railways

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • power 1.5 MWpower output
  • weight 76 tin working order
  • seats 240passengers
  • built 15made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
  • 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 240: 5 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
2008
in service from
2008
status
in service
number built
15
kind
Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇳 China
builders
CSR Corporation Limited
operators
Sri Lanka Railways
top speed
100 km/h
power
1.5 MW
gauge
1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
formation
DPC + 4 TC + DTC
length
19.8 m
weight
76 t
capacity
240 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q17073925, Wikipedia: Sri Lanka Railways S10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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