#5269· NSB BM 72
NSB Class 72
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Hitachi Rail Italy· from 2002· Norwegian passenger train
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB 72006: Powerresethdd· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
NSB Class 72 (Norwegian: NSB type 72) is a class of 36 electric multiple units built by AnsaldoBreda for the Norwegian State Railways (now Vy). Delivered between 2002 and 2005, the four-car units operate on the Oslo Commuter Rail and the Jæren Commuter Rail. The trains have a capacity of 310 passengers and the 2,250 kilowatts (3,020 hp) motors allow a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph).
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 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.
- 2.6 MW is about 30 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 85.6 m long: about 19 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 310: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 24 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy, AnsaldoBreda
- operators
- Go-Ahead Norge, Vy
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- formation
- 4 cars
- length
- 85.6 m
- weight
- 60.6 t
- capacity
- 310 passengers
- Dutch name
- NSB BM 72
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1078489, Wikipedia: NSB Class 72 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.