Ganz MFAV

what is it?

The Ganz MFAV (Hungarian: [ˈɡɒnz ˈɛmfɒv]), known in official BKV records as Mfav., and alternatively known as FAV, or MillFAV, is a type of metro car which was manufactured by Hungarian companies Ganz-MÁVAG Mozdony-, Vagon- és Gépgyár ("Ganz-MÁVAG Locomotive, Carriage and Machine Factory") and Ganz Villamossági Gyár ("Ganz Electric Factory"). The MFAV metro cars are articulated, 8-axle rail motor coaches with an unusual 2'Bo'Bo'2'tr axle arrangement. They are not capable of operating as electric multiple units.

who runs it

BKV

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• power 266 kWpower output
• weight 37 tin working order
• seats 189passengers
• built 23made in total

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 53 years ago, in 1973.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏29.6 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 189: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 53 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1973

in service from

1973

status

in service

number built

23

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇭🇺 Hungary

builders

Ganz Works

operators

BKV

top speed

60 km/h

power

266 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

600 V DC from overhead line

wheel arrangement

2'Bo'Bo'2'tr

formation

MC only

length

29.6 m

weight

37 t

capacity

189 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.