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DR2700 series
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1966· series of diesel multiple unit trains
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DR2705 at Taichung: The original uploader was Chou0416 at Chinese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TRA DR2714 Yuli 20130906: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. DR2700-ordinary-train: The original uploader was Encino at Chinese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. TRA DR2700 aisle outside 20130525: billy1125· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The DR2700 series, also locally affectionately known as the "White Steel Train", was a series of diesel multiple unit trains used by the Taiwan Railways Administration. They were originally built by Tokyu Car Corporation of Japan in 1966, in response to an order by the Taiwan Railways Administration, because of the need to renew the rolling stock on the by then 10-year-old Flying Formosan Express service.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1966–2014).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 20.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7676571, Wikipedia: DR2700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.