2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Mafersafront: Tim Dowd· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. A westbound train departs OSB: Interstate Railfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Mafersa coaches are a class of 38 passenger railroad cars built by Brazilian manufacturer Mafersa. Originally built for Virginia Railway Express (VRE) in 1991–92, they are currently owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for use on the CT Rail service and by the Canadian mining company QIT-Fer et Titane.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- number built
- 38
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Mafersa
- operators
- CTrail, QIT-Fer et Titane, Connecticut Department of Transportation
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 26 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6729445, Wikipedia: Mafersa coaches (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.