3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB-BFM70-010-Hamar: No machine-readable author provided. Bobo11 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY 2.5
- 2. NSB Class 70 016: David Gubler· GFDL
- 3. NSB Class 70 013 near Tangen: David Gubler· GFDL
what is it?
Class 70 (Norwegian: NSB type 70) is a four-carriage electric multiple unit operated by Vy on medium distance trains around Oslo. They are currently operating the express service between Oslo and Skien via the Asker, Drammen and Vestfold Line as well as on the regional service between Porsgrunn and Notodden on the Bratsberg Line.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 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.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 34 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 108 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 34 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- status
- in service
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- DÜWAG, Adtranz, ASEA, NSB Verkstedet Sundland, Strømmens Værksted
- operators
- Vy, Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- formation
- 4 cars
- length
- 108 m
- weight
- 206 t
- Dutch name
- NSB BM 70
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q728208, Wikipedia: NSB Class 70 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.