#6457
Sentetsu Jiha class railcars
Korea under Japanese rule ·built by Gyeongseong Works· diesel-powered railcar
what is it?
The Jiha (Japanese ジハ, Korean 디하) class railcars were a pair of Diesel-powered railcars of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu). After Liberation, they all remained in the South, where they were operated by the Korean National Railroad; none were preserved.
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
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 100: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- Korea under Japanese rule
- builders
- Gyeongseong Works
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- 82 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 13.5 m
- weight
- 26.7 t
- capacity
- 100 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q14944787, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Jiha class railcars (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.