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SŽ series 711

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm· from 1970· class of 10 two-car diesel multiple units of Slovenian Railways

🚆 multiple unit diesel

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. SŽ 711: Lan Glad· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Sž series 711 train (green 08): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. 06.02.96 Villach Hbf SŽ 711.009 & 711.010 (6556253019): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. SZ 711 XXX (44368139731): J. Zwoferink· Public domain
5. Sž series 711 train (02): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. Sž series 711 train (04): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. Sž series 711 train (06): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. Sž series 711 train (08): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. Sž series 711 train (2): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. Sž series 711 train (4): Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0

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what is it?

SŽ class 711 is a diesel multiple unit, produced by MBB Donauwörth in 1970 and currently operating in the Slovenian Railways (Slovene: Slovenske železnice, SŽ). The technical design is based on Germany's Deutsche Bahn class 624.

who runs it

Slovenske železnice Yugoslav Railways

base stats

speed 120 km/htop speed
power 530 kWpower output
weight 89 tin working order
built 10made 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

First built 56 years ago, in 1970.
530 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
28.5 m long: about 6 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: 1970
in service from: 1970
number built: 10
kind: Diesel-hydraulic
traction: diesel
origin: 🇩🇪 Germany
builders: Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, Waggon- und Maschinenbau GmbH Donauwörth
operators: Slovenske železnice, Yugoslav Railways
top speed: 120 km/h
power: 530 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2'B' + B'2'
length: 28.5 m
weight: 89 t
nicknames: "green train"

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

Sources: Wikidata Q535690, Wikipedia: SŽ series 711 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.