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IÉ 2600 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1994· class of Irish diesel multiple units
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- 1. Fota 1: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2600 Class is a type of diesel multiple unit operated on the Irish railway network by Iarnród Éireann, used mainly for short-haul Commuter services. At present the entire class is based in Cork, and is used on local services to Mallow, Midleton, Cobh and on token services to Tralee. A hybrid unit was based in Limerick until it was withdrawn in 2012 and was stored in Cork before being scrapped in 2025.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Seats 130: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 17
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Commuter, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- weight
- 42 t
- capacity
- 130 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5970591, Wikipedia: IÉ 2600 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.