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New South Wales 620/720 class railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by New South Wales Government Railways· from 1961· Class of diesel-hydraulic multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 625725Newcastle: Sesqui centennial· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The 620/720 class railcars are a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple units (DHMU) built by the New South Wales Government Railways and operated from 1961 until 2007. Originally going in service under the Department of Railways, the railcars were built at Chullora Railway Workshops.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 500 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1961–2007).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- in service from
- 1961
- retired
- 2007
- status
- retired
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- New South Wales Government Railways
- operators
- Department of Railways New South Wales, New South Wales Public Transport Commission, State Rail Authority of New South Wales, CityRail, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 500 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 1 power car, 1 driving trailer car
- length
- 18.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011631, Wikipedia: New South Wales 620/720 class railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.