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Ganz railcar (Ferrocarriles Vascongados, short version)
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Ganz Works· from 1928· railcar operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ganz corto: Theklan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The short Ganz railcar is a railcar train type formerly operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados in the Basque Country, Spain from 1928 to 1981.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 307 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 11.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 52 years (1928–1980).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1980
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Ganz Works
- operators
- Ferrocarriles Vascongados, Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha
- top speed
- —
- power
- 307 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- length
- 11.2 m
- capacity
- 14 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112844915, Wikipedia: Ganz railcar (Ferrocarriles Vascongados, short version) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.