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SŽ series 713/715

🇸🇮 Slovenia ·built by MBB Donauwörth· diesel multiple unit of Slovenian Railways

SŽ series 713/715, photo 1 of 9
1/9 Lan Glad· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

SŽ series 713/715 is a two-car diesel multiple unit series of the Slovenian Railways, built between 1983 and 1986. A set consists of a motor wagon, numbered as 713, and a trailer, numbered as 715. These units operate on non-electrified tracks, mostly on the Ljubljana–Novo Mesto–Metlika, Sevnica–Trebnje and Ljubljana–Kamnik lines.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 400 kWpower output
  • weight 60 tin working order
  • built 27made in total

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

  • 400 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 48 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
—
number built
27
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇸🇮 Slovenia
builders
MBB Donauwörth
operators
Slovenske železnice
top speed
120 km/h
power
400 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
2'B' + 2'2'
formation
2-car sets (M+P)
length
48 m
weight
60 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q36363048, Wikipedia: SŽ series 713/715 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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