#6137· MS08
Belgian Railways Class 08
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Siemens Mobility· class of 305 Belgian 3-car EMU
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCB 08503 1: MPW57· CC BY 3.0
- 2. NMBS MS08 08004, Antwerpen Centraal: Alfenaar· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Charleroi Sud MS08: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. NMBS MS08 - Charleroi Zuid station: SNCB-Série62· CC0
- 5. NMBS MS08 08020+08097, Antwerpen-Centraal (12239258024): Alfenaar from Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. MS08 in Brussel Zuid: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. MS08 Turnhout: Larsvr6· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The AM/MR08 series is a three-part electric multiple unit of the Siemens type Desiro Main Line (Desiro ML), a so-called lightweight train with a low-floor section for regional passenger transport and local passenger transport for the National Railway Company of Belgium(SNCB/NMBS). They were originally intended for the Brussels Regional Express Network but have been deployed on L (local), S-train and IC (InterCity) train services across Belgium.
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
- 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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 305
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 08001-08210: 3 kV DC, 08501-08595: 25 kV AC, 3 kV DC
- Dutch name
- MS08
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751742, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 08 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.