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- 1. MT5300 at Haydarpasa: Alan Swale· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
TCDD MT5300 was a series of diesel multiple units operated by the Turkish State Railways. The trains were used on intercity services, and offered higher speeds and comfort than steam powered trains. There had many similarities to the MT5200.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 810 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 70.9 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 120: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- in service from
- 1951
- number built
- 16
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- MAN SE, DÜWAG, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 125 km/h
- power
- 810 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 3 cars
- length
- 70.9 m
- weight
- 135 t
- capacity
- 120 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669655, Wikipedia: TCDD MT5300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.