#5032
Korail Commuter Diesel Car
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Doosan Enerbility· from 1996· South Korean train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KORAIL CDC: Subway06· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Refurbished Diesel Car: Minseong Kim· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Korail Commuter Diesel Car (CDC; Korean: 도시통근형 디젤 액압 동차) were commuter diesel multiple units in South Korea. They were introduced in 1996. But due to the aging issue of the cars, they were fully retired on 17 December, 2023.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 20.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1996–2023).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 131
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Doosan Enerbility
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 231 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- AC 440V
- length
- 20.9 m
- capacity
- 89 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q889066, Wikipedia: Korail Commuter Diesel Car (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.