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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 611M-001, Podmoskovnaya depot: Битцевский панк· CC BY 3.0
- 2. 611M-002, Podmoskovnaya depot: Битцевский панк· CC BY 3.0
- 3. 611M z bliska: Krzysztof Gburczyk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 611M z daleka: Krzysztof Gburczyk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 611М-001, Russia, Novgorod region, Valday station (Trainpix 214407): Ivan00· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Pesa 611M is a broad-gauge diesel railcar manufactured by Pesa in Bydgoszcz. Two units were produced for Russian Railways and delivered in 2013. On 15 October 2013, one of the vehicles reached a speed of 201 km/h on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg route, making it the fastest diesel rail vehicle of Polish production.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
- 720 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 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
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- number built
- 2
- kind
- diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pesa
- operators
- Russian Railways
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- power
- 720 kW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- length
- 27.4 m
- weight
- 66 t
- capacity
- 20 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11801802, Wikipedia: Pesa 611M (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.