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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Flickr - nmorao - Areia, Alcácer, 2008.10.21 (2): Nuno Morão from Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Flickr - nmorao - Contentores, Alcácer, 2009.03.11: Nuno Morão from Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Class 4700 are a series of medium power electric locomotives built by Siemens for Comboios de Portugal, the state owned railway company of Portugal. They were built to replace the CP Class 2550 locomotives dating from the early 1960s. Siemens were the natural choice for the original order for 15 machines, placed in 2006, as they built the older Class 5600 locomotives in the 1990s.
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 19 years ago, in 2007.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2007–2009
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal, Medway - Transportes e Logística
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.6 m
- weight
- 87 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q856397, Wikipedia: CP Class 4700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.