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PNR 8000 class

🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by Industri Kereta Api· from 2019· Philippine train type

🚆 multiple unit diesel ✓ in service
PNR 8000 class, photo 1 of 2
1/2 JAP8002· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The PNR 8000 class (also known as the INKA DMUs together with PNR 8100 class) is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train operated by the Philippine National Railways (PNR) since 2019.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • weight 42 tin working order
  • seats 750passengers
  • built 6made 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 7 years ago, in 2019.
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 62.1 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 750: 15 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
2019
in service from
2019
status
in service
number built
6
kind
Diesel multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇵🇭 Philippines
builders
Industri Kereta Api
operators
Philippine National Railways
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
formation
3 cars per trainset, MeC–TC–MeC
length
62.1 m
weight
42 t
capacity
750 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q85791648, Wikipedia: PNR 8000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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