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New South Wales 600/700 class railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by New South Wales Government Railways· retired train in Australia
what is it?
The 600/700 class railcars are a class of diesel multiple unit built by the New South Wales Government Railways. They were built to operate on branch lines from 1949, with low traffic volumes later being transferred to Newcastle and Wollongong to operate suburban services until withdrawn in 1994.
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
- 18.7 m long: about 4 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
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- New South Wales Government Railways
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways, Byron Bay Railroad Company
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 246 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 1 powercar, 1 driving trailer
- length
- 18.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011629, Wikipedia: New South Wales 600/700 class railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.