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DR2800 series
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1982· Passenger train in Taiwan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA DR2818 Hualien 20130906: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TRA DR2800 Tze-Chiang Ltd-Exp Yilan Line Sijiaoting 20190220: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
- 3. 15 DR2800 Cars in Songshan: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 9 DR2800 Cars in Shulin: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 9 DR2800 Cars in Taitung: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DR2800 & DR2900 & DR3000 in Shulin: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DR2800 in Old Taitung Station: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DR2800 in Pingtung: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DR2800 Series DMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DR2800南方公園專列（金崙-太麻里）2023-03-18: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The DR2800 series is a series of diesel multiple unit trains operated by the Taiwan Railway as Tze-chiang limited express on non-electrified mainlines. They were originally built by Tokyu Car Corporation of Japan in 1982 for the Taiwan Railways Administration to provide better service on the eastern mainline of Taiwan. In early 1980s, the North-link line was completed, the Yilan line was expanded to double track, and the gauge of Taitung line was changed to 1067 mm.
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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1982–2023).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982
- in service from
- 1982
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Taiwan railway, Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 20.3 m
- weight
- 37 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10915904, Wikipedia: DR2800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.