2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vr sr3 3304 3307 3306: Petjato· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Fenniarail Sr3 201 Sääksjärvellä 2025: Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
VR Class Sr3 is a bi-mode locomotive series used by VR Group and Fenniarail. It is based on the Vectron model, manufactured by Siemens Mobility. VR's Sr3 locomotives are used with both passenger and freight trains and they will replace the old Class Sr1 electric locomotives.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 6.4 MW is about 75 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.1 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
- 2017
- in service from
- 2016
- status
- in service
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Dual-mode (electric and last mile diesel)
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- VR Group, Fenniarail
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 6.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC 50 Hz Overhead lines
- length
- 19.1 m
- weight
- 90 t
- nicknames
- Vektori (Vektor) Vekkuli (Monkey)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23045333, Wikipedia: VR Class Sr3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.