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Siemens Desiro
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· family of diesel and electric multiple unit trains by Siemens Mobility
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MÁV 426: Fazekas Attila· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Desiro on the Sofia-Lakatnik line, 14 February 2012: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krali_mirko/ Krali Mirko on Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Siemens Trainguard Ingolstadt Hbf: Sebastian Terfloth User:Sese_Ingolstadt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Siemens Desiro ML train: Matthew Black from London, UK· CC BY 3.0
- 5. RABe 514: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( https://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Siemens Desiro Classic: Liesel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Siemens Desiro UK: Superalbs· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Desiro ML: Wiki05· Public domain
- 9. קרונוע חשמלי Siemens Desiro HC בתחנת הרכבת ירושלים – יצחק נבון, ינואר 2024: מקף־עברי· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Siemens Desiro (, , German pronunciation: [ˈdɛziʁoː]) is a family of diesel or electric multiple unit passenger trains developed by Siemens Mobility, a division of the German Siemens AG conglomerate. The main variants are the Desiro Classic, Desiro ML, Desiro UK and the later Desiro City, Desiro HC and Desiro RUS. The trains are mostly used for commuter and regional services, and their rapid acceleration makes them suitable for services with short distances between stations. The design is flexible, and has become common in many European countries.
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 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- Multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Ural Locomotives
- top speed
- 177 km/h
- power
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- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q293701, Wikipedia: Siemens Desiro (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.