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what is it?
The Série 0100 are a type of single carriage diesel railcar built for Portuguese Railways (CP). They were built by NOHAB of Trollhättan in Sweden in 1948. They were extensively refurbished in 1980.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 57 years (1948–2005).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1948
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 136 kW
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- formation
- 1 car per trainset, 1 trailer (optional)
- weight
- 34.2 t
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2931897, Wikipedia: CP Class 0100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.