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ČD Class 380

🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 2008· locomotive class

ČD Class 380, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mgr. Jaroslav Charvát· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Class 380 is a tri-voltage electric locomotive manufactured by Škoda for České dráhy.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 200 km/htop speed
  • power 6.4 MWpower output
  • weight 87.6 tin working order
  • built 20made 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
2008–2011
number built
20
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
builders
Škoda Transportation
operators
České dráhy
top speed
200 km/h
power
6.4 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
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 Q391820, Wikipedia: ČD Class 380 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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