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New South Wales M set
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Downer Rail· from 2002· class of electric multiple unit operating in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cityrail-millennium-M32-ext: Jason Antony ( Alexanderino )· CC BY 2.5
- 2. M10approachingCentral: JenperTC· CC BY 4.0
- 3. New South Wales M Set Train: JustARandomEditor123· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The M sets, also referred to as the Millennium trains, are a class of double-decker electric multiple units (EMU) that operate on the Sydney Trains network in New South Wales, Australia. Built by EDi Rail between 2002 and 2005, the first sets initially entered service under the CityRail brand on 1 July 2002 after short delays due to electrical defects. The M sets were built as "fourth generation" trains for Sydney's suburban rail fleet, replacing the ageing 1960s Tulloch double deck carriages and providing extra capacity on the suburban rail network.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 35 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 81.6 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 452: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 24 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- 141
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Downer Rail
- operators
- Sydney Trains
- top speed
- 143 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 35 4-car sets
- length
- 81.6 m
- weight
- 207 t
- capacity
- 452 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5122985, Wikipedia: New South Wales M set (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.