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Newag Impuls

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Newag· from 2012· family of trains

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 31WE na stacji Wrocław Główny.: Bartosz Dziwak· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Newag Impuls (31WE-004A) - Wrocław (Breslau): Pudelek (Marcin Szala)· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. ED78-024 Newag Impuls Polregio 2: Michał Beim· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. ED 78 001 Impuls Krzyz: MOs810· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Newag Impuls 36WEh-012 na stacji Jelcz-Laskowice: Jakub.janas.photo· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Newag Impuls II dla FSE (5a), Żmigród, 2016-09-29: Olo Kolejarz· CC BY 3.0
  7. 7. West Pomeranian Golden Train - Newag Impuls - EN36a-031 in Golęczewo (3): Michał Beim· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Newag Impuls - pudło, Newag, 2016-12-27: Michał Wojtaszek· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Newag Impuls, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Bartosz Dziwak· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

Newag Impuls is a family of standard-gauge electric, diesel and bi-mode (hybrid) multiple units manufactured by Polish railway rolling stock manufacturer Newag. Manufactured in several versions, they differ in the number of cars and purpose. The company offers several versions: electric 2-car (types 37WE and 37WEa), 3-car (types 36WE, 36WEa, 36WEb, 36WEd), 4-car (type 31WE), 5-car (type 45WE) and 6-car (type 35WE) trainsets, and also diesel and bi-mode 3-car (types 36WEhd and 36WEh, respectively) ones.

who runs it

Koleje DolnośląskieKoleje ŚląskieMasovian RailwaysKoleje WielkopolskieŁódzka Kolej AglomeracyjnaPolregioTricity Rapid Transit Rail LtdSzybka Kolej MiejskaFerrovie del Sud Est

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • power 3.2 MWpower output
  • seats 218passengers
  • built 217made 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 14 years ago, in 2012.
  • Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
  • 3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Seats 218: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
2012
in service from
2012
status
in service
number built
217
kind
Electric multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Newag
operators
Koleje Dolnośląskie, Koleje Śląskie, Masovian Railways, Koleje Wielkopolskie, Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, Polregio, Tricity Rapid Transit Rail Ltd, Szybka Kolej Miejska, Ferrovie del Sud Est
top speed
160 km/h
power
3.2 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
3 kV DC overhead line
capacity
218 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11790903, Wikipedia: Newag Impuls (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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