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ŽS series 412
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory· from 1980· Yugoslav electric train
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Serbian railways class 412: Singidunum. Original uploader was Almarq at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 412rrr: Soviet at Serbian Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The JŽ class 412/416 is an electric multiple unit built for Yugoslav Railways (JŽ). The units are currently used by Serbian Railways (ŽS), Macedonian Railways (MŽ) and Montenegro Railways (ŽCG).
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Weighs about as much as 37 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 102 m long: about 23 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
- 1980–1990
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory
- operators
- Železnici na Republika Severna Makedonija Transport, Serbian Railways, Željeznički prevoz Crne Gore, Srbijavoz
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV/50 Hz AC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo' + 2'2' + 2'2' + Bo'Bo'
- length
- 102 m
- weight
- 220 t
- nicknames
- Gorbačov, Rus (Russian boy)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q8083589, Wikipedia: ŽS series 412 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.