2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EN71-043 PL-PREG Zarow: Petr Štefek· CC BY-SA 3.0 cz
- 2. 2018-07-04 EN71 of Przewozy Regionalne at Zakopane station: Maksym Kozlenko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EN71 (manufacturer's designation: Pafawag 5Bg/6Bg) is a four-carriage Polish EMU constructed for the Polish National Railways (PKP). It is based on the three-carriage EN57, but differs in that it has an additional motor carriage.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 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 50 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- status
- in service
- number built
- 31
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Polregio, Masovian Railways, Tricity Rapid Transit Rail Ltd, Yugoslav Railways, Croatian Railways, Slovenske železnice
- top speed
- 110 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 Q104787557, Wikipedia: PKP class EN71 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.