ČD Class 471

what is it?

The Class 471 electric motor unit, commonly known as CityElefant, is a double deck electric multiple unit operating on 3 kV DC overhead wires produced by Škoda Vagonka, a subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, since 1997 and operated by the České dráhy rail transit operator on its suburban services around Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. A single unit consists of a Class 471 power car with first class seating, a single Class 071 passenger car and a Class 971 cab car. They are replacement for defunct ČD Class 451, and successor to scrapped ČD Class 470.

who runs it

České dráhy

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• weight 155 tin working order
• seats 310passengers
• built 83made 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 26 years ago, in 2000.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 26 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🧍Seats 310: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 26 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2000

in service from

2000

status

in service

number built

83

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

builders

Škoda Transportation

operators

České dráhy

top speed

140 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo’Bo’+ 2’2’+ 2’2’

weight

155 t

capacity

310 passengers

Dutch name

ČD 471

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