#4039
TCDD E 40000
🇹🇷 Turkey ·built by Groupement 50 Hz· from 1969· class of 15 Turkish electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TCDD E40000 at Haydarpaşa: Alasdair McLellan· Public domain
what is it?
TCDD E40000 series electric locomotives were electric locomotives used by TCDD. None of the locomotives numbered E40001 – E40015 are in operation anymore. Three E40000 units remain operational but are not used unless deemed necessary. The locomotives, which made their first run in Haydarpaşa in 1971, began suburban service in 1972 with the completion of the Ankara suburban electrification.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 2.9 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1969
- in service from
- 1969
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- Groupement 50 Hz
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 79.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q747307, Wikipedia: TCDD E 40000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.