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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EU160-016 Warszawa Zachodnia 2025-09-12: RAIL P ( RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY )· CC0
- 2. EU160-075 na stacji kolejowej w Gliwicach z pociągiem InterCity Matejko 1: Piotr Borowiak· CC BY 4.0
- 3. E4MSU-001 Griffin kabina(1) Trako13: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. InnoTrans 2012 - ZNLE Griffin: ZCochrane· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Newag Griffin (04) Trako 2017: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Newag Griffin is a series of Polish four-axle electric and diesel locomotives for working passenger and goods trains, produced by Newag in Nowy Sącz from 2012. The first version, the E4MSU is a mixed-traffic multi-system electric locomotive.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 129
- kind
- Electric, Diesel, Bi-mode
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Newag
- operators
- Orlen KolTrans, Orlen Kolej, PKP Intercity
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- DC 3 kV, AC dual mode 15 kV & 25 kV, MS triple mode 3 kV DC, 15 kV & 25 kV AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 19.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11790902, Wikipedia: Newag Griffin (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.