4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Автомотрисса 610M-001 1: Фетисов Михаил· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. PESA 610M at Kiev Station: Michael de`Oz· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 610м - panoramio: durik1980· CC BY 3.0
- 4. 610м-001 на станции гречаны - panoramio: durik1980· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
Pesa 610M is a broad-gauge diesel inspection railcar produced by Pesa for Ukrainian Railways. It is a developmental version of the single-unit diesel rail vehicle Partner (type 214M). Only one unit was built, delivered in 2004.
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
- 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.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 27.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 1
- kind
- diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pesa
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 27.4 m
- weight
- 58 t
- capacity
- 15 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3660898, Wikipedia: Pesa 610M (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.