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IÉ 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2001· classes of four-car Irish electric multiple unit
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Howth Junction railway station in 2007: Raymond Okonski· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. DART train 8603 (cropped): Cityswift - Ireland· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Iarnród Éireann 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes are three related types of EMU used on the DART network in Dublin, Ireland. The total fleet numbers a total of 17 four-car trains, all of which were constructed by the Tokyu Car Corporation.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 82.6 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 726: 15 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- 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
- 2001
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 17
- kind
- electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Dublin Area Rapid Transit, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 4-car sets: DT–DM–DM–DT
- length
- 82.6 m
- weight
- 148 t
- capacity
- 726 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16150786, Wikipedia: IÉ 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.