#4212
MÁV Class V63
🇭🇺 Hungary ·built by Ganz Works· from 1974· class of 56 Hungarian electric locomotives
.jpg)
.jpg)
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. V63: Balogh Zsolt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. V63 042 + V43 1036: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 09.02.93 Nyíregyháza V63 020 (5909752685): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 16.09.96 Püspökladány V63 036 (6074824128): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. H-START MÁV V63 0050, Budapest, Keleti pályaudvar, 95: Random photos 1989· CC0
- 6. Kelenföld V63 049 2004-06-22: O Sóhivatal at Hungarian Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. MAV V63 024 Budapest Kel pu110910 G16: NAC· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. V63 001 VTP: Pelenczei Balázs· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. V63 013 Dombóvár Gigant Déli pu: Gysev5047· CC BY 4.0
- 10. V63 013 S35 ös-vonat Fonyód: Gysev5047· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The MÁV Class V63 "Gigant" series (since 2011 H-START Class 630) were made by Ganz for MÁV to haul heavy freight and passenger trains with high tractive effort. This is the most powerful type of locomotive that have been made in Hungary.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- 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.
- 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1988
- in service from
- 1974
- number built
- 56
- kind
- Electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- builders
- Ganz Works, Ganz-MÁVAG
- operators
- Hungarian State Railways
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 116 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q677554, Wikipedia: MÁV Class V63 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.