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Škoda 109E

🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 2008· model of Czech electric locomotive

5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Slávnostné odovzdanie rušňa a EPJ (8269033307) CROP: Bratislavská župa from Bratislava, Slovakia· CC BY 2.0
2. Lokomotiva 109 E2: Škoda Transportation· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. ZSSK Class 381: ET4010· CC BY 4.0
4. ČD Class 380: Mgr. Jaroslav Charvát· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. DB Class 102: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Škoda 109E locomotive (also marketed as Emil Zátopek locomotive) was originally conceived in 2004 and designed for operation in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia as well as the Czech Republic. The 109E Škoda has a top speed of 200 km/h and is compatible with both AC and DC catenaries, meeting the basic characteristics of a modern multisystem locomotive.

who runs it

České dráhy DB Regio Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko Deutsche Bahn

base stats

speed 200 km/htop speed
power 6.4 MWpower output
weight 87.6 tin working order
built 28made in total

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 18 years ago, in 2008.
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).
18 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: 2008–2010
in service from: 2008
number built: 28
kind: Electric
traction: electric
origin: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
builders: Škoda Transportation
operators: České dráhy, DB Regio, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, Deutsche Bahn
top speed: 200 km/h
power: 6.4 MW
electric system: 3 kV DC, 25 kV 50 Hz AC, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 18 m
weight: 87.6 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sources: Wikidata Q15498363, Wikipedia: Škoda 109E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.