5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Gosha SR 812: philstephenrichards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. ŽS 812 at Kanjiža: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ZS812-017 Subotica 20090703: Olegushka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. ZS812-174 Horgos 20090703: Olegushka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. ŽS 812 Šabac: Srđan Popović· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
ŽS series 812 (former Yugoslav Railways JŽ series 812) was a diesel motor railbus operated by Serbian Railways. On Croatian Railways it was known as the 7221 series (Croatian: hrvatske željeznice, HŽ). Originally it was the German Uerdingen railbus produced by Goša FOM for Yugoslav Railways (JŽ).
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1955–2016).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia
- builders
- DÜWAG, Goša FOM
- operators
- Yugoslav Railways, Serbian Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 110 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 1A+2
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 18.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q17132267, Wikipedia: ŽS series 812 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.