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Sri Lanka Railways S12
🇨🇳 China ·built by CSR Corporation Limited· class of diesel multiple units
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class S12: Lanil Marasinghe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. S12 some where in Main Line: Nirmal1995· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sri Lanka S12 DMU (cropped): Blackpearl000· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Sri Lanka Railways S12 is a class of diesel-electric trainset with locomotive-like power cars built for Sri Lanka Railways by China's CSR Corporation. The first batch arrived in Sri Lanka in August 2012. They were built to replace locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
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
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 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
- —
- number built
- 23
- kind
- diesel electric trainset with power cars
- 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
- MCG + 3xTC + 3xSC + 1xFC + 1xRC + MCG (Main Line Set) MCG + 5xTC + DDCG (KV Set)
- length
- 15.2 m
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7585955, Wikipedia: Sri Lanka Railways S12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.