New Zealand FP class electric multiple unit

what is it?

The New Zealand FP/FT "Matangi" class () is a class of electric multiple units used on the suburban rail network of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington. The class, consisting of an FP power car and an FT trailer car, operates services on all electrified lines of the network which comprise the Kapiti, Hutt Valley, Melling and Johnsonville lines. The units are owned by Greater Wellington Rail Ltd, a subsidiary of the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC), and have been operated by Transdev Wellington under contract to the GWRC since 2016.

who runs it

Tranz MetroTWTransdev Wellington

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 680 kWpower output
• weight 76.9 tin working order
• seats 230passengers
• built 83made in total

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 16 years ago, in 2010.
• 🚗680 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏44 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 230: 5 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

2010

in service from

2010

number built

83

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇿 New Zealand

builders

Hyundai Rotem, Mitsui Group

operators

Tranz Metro, Transdev Wellington

top speed

120 km/h

power

680 kW

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

electric system

(nominal) from overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

2 cars (FP–FT) per unit

length

44 m

weight

76.9 t

capacity

230 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.