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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ED73 w Zielonej Górze: Szakal· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. ED73-001: Szakal· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ED73-001, Przewozy Regionalne (15950896116): Janusz Jakubowski from Warsaw, Poland· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The ED73 (manufacturer's designation: Pafawag 5Bt/6Bt) was a Polish four-car, long distance EMU operated by Polregio (PR), based on the ED72 and EN57.
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
- 1.4 MW is about 16 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 235: 5 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
- —
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Polregio
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- ra+s+s+rb
- length
- 86.8 m
- weight
- 178 t
- capacity
- 235 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1227456, Wikipedia: PKP class ED73 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.