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what is it?
HCP Z2 are passenger cars produced between 1988 and 1996 by H. Cegielski in Poznań, adapted to the UIC-Z2 standards. A total of 8 types of these cars were built, with 118 units in total. The only operator of these cars is PKP Intercity.
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
- 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.
- 26.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- H. Cegielski – Poznań
- operators
- PKP Intercity
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2'2'
- length
- 26.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q9128920, Wikipedia: HCP Z2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.