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- 1. IZBAN E22107: Btian Paul Dorsam· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The İZBAN E22100 series, commonly nicknamed Gulf dolphin (Turkish: Körfez Yunusu), are Electric Multiple Units that were built by Hyundai Rotem for İZBAN A.Ş. in order to increase its fleet. Each set has 3 permanently coupled cars and are used for commuter service in İzmir. The first set entered service on 30 August 2014 and the last one (40th) on 31 December 2015.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 40
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- TCDD Taşımacılık, İZBAN, İZBAN A.Ş.
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV, 50 Hz AC
- formation
- 3 cars
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28219956, Wikipedia: İZBAN E22100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.