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OSE class AA.6001
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Ferrostaal· from 1958· class of 7 Greek 3-car diesel multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 04 131a Bf Athína Peloponn., ABK 8pt 6005: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Class AA.6001, was an old DMU class with 3 coaches, which was part of the Hellenic Railway Organization (OSE)'s rolling stock. They were built in 1958 by Esslingen in cooperation with Ferrostaal in West Germany as class 3ΑΚ1000.01, and put into service by OSE in 1971, when it was founded (Formerly used for different companies.) Usually, they were coupled with a trailer coach. In total, 21 coaches were produced, consisting, by three, 7 trainsets with 3 coaches, numbered 6001 to 6007, and 7 more trailer coaches numbered 0021 to 0027 were also built.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 736 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Diesel-Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Ferrostaal, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Mercedes-Benz
- operators
- Hellenic Railways Organisation, Hellenic State Railways, Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 736 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q97364928, Wikipedia: OSE class AA.6001 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.