Newag 14WE

what is it?

14WE (original project names EN57/M and Halny; one unit also called EN61 mainly used for "papal train" excursion services) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) produced by Newag in Nowy Sącz, Poland. They are essentially heavily reconstructed PKP class EN57 EMU, of early-1960s vintage, reusing only their underframes. The trainset consists of driver car (type 410B), motor car (type 309B) and driver car (410B), with four passenger doors per car (two on each side).

who runs it

Szybka Kolej MiejskaPolregioKoleje MałopolskieKoleje Śląskie

base stats

• speed 110 km/htop speed
• power 740 kWpower output
• weight 133 tin working order
• built 9made 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 21 years ago, in 2005.
• 🚗740 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏60 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧓Still in service after 21 years.

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

spec sheet

built

2005

in service from

2005

status

in service

number built

9

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Newag

operators

Szybka Kolej Miejska, Polregio, Koleje Małopolskie, Koleje Śląskie

top speed

110 km/h

power

740 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

3 kV DC

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

Three-car sets

length

60 m

weight

133 t

Dutch name

14WE

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