2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ED72-009 PL-PREG Dorota: Petr Štefek· CC BY-SA 3.0 cz
- 2. Bialogard-ED72-016: Grzegorz W. Tężycki· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ED72 (manufacturer's designation: Pafawag 5Bs/6Bs) is a Polish four-car, long distance electric multiple unit operated by Przewozy Regionalne (Polregio). Like its cousin (EN71), the ED72 is based on the EN57 and became the basis for its successor: the ED73.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 86.8 m long: about 19 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 288: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 21
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Polregio, Arriva RP
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset, (ra+s+s+rb)
- length
- 86.8 m
- weight
- 182 t
- capacity
- 288 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104787428, Wikipedia: PKP class ED72 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.