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OSE Class 120
🇬🇷 Greece ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1997· class of Greek electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. OSE Hellasprinter H 566: Dm-messina· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. J26 247 Bf Thessaloníki, 120 030: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Hellenic Train Class 120, also known as Hellas Sprinter, is a class of electric locomotives operated by Hellenic Train. It is part of OSE's rolling stock. They were manufactured by Siemens and KraussMaffei in Germany.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 5.1 MW is about 60 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 12 years (1996–2008).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997–2005
- in service from
- 1996
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Siemens Mobility, Siemens
- operators
- Hellenic Train, Rail Cargo Austria, Hellenic Railways Organisation
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 5.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q841350, Wikipedia: OSE Class 120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.