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IÉ 2800 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2000· class of 10 Irish 2-car diesel multiple units
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Limerick 1: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. IE 2800 Class: Jmccrohan· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Ie 2800 Class Train 2801 At Ballina: James Gleeson· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2800 Class is a type of diesel multiple unit operated on the Irish railway network by Iarnród Éireann, used mainly for short-haul InterCity and Commuter services.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Still in service after 26 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- 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
- capacity
- 85 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5970595, Wikipedia: IÉ 2800 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.