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Eurotunnel Class 0031
🇫🇷 France ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1989· Class of German diesel locomotives
what is it?
The Eurotunnel Class 0031 are a fleet of twelve 0-4-0 diesel locomotives used for maintenance duties in the Channel Tunnel. They were originally built to 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) gauge by the Hunslet Engine Company between 1989 and 1990 for construction work in the tunnel, and were subsequently rebuilt by Schöma to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge between 1993 and 1994. The locomotives carry a yellow livery and are used by Getlink for shunting duties at Cheriton and Coquelles depots.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1989–1994
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Getlink
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 170 kW
- gauge
- 900 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5413868, Wikipedia: Eurotunnel Class 0031 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.