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- 1. Denizli railway station 15: Biologg· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The TCDD MT15000 is TCDD's newest diesel multiple unit (DMU) series. The DMUs were built by EUROTEM in Adapazarı, Turkey. These DMUs operate on most diesel operated regional lines in Turkey.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 559 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 26.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 440: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- EUROTEM, Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 559 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- <!--
- wheel arrangement
- B-B + B-B
- length
- 26.4 m
- capacity
- 440 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669651, Wikipedia: TCDD MT15000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.