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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive ChS8-075 2011 G1: George Chernilevsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Kyiv Central Station Clocktower: alex roshuk· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Chs8-3: Eagle755 at Russian Wikipedia· CC BY 1.0
- 4. Locomotive ChS8-003 2018 G1: George Chernilevsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. ЧС8-005, Украина, Винницкая область, перегон Браилов - Жмеринка (Trainpix 214019): Василий Семин· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. ChS8-006, Khmelnytskyi, Khmel'nyts'ka oblast, Ukraine: durik1980· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Locomotive ChS8-010 2013 G1: George Chernilevsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Traction-motors: Vivan755· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ChS8 (Russian: ЧС8) is an electric mainline AC passenger locomotive used in Russia and Ukraine. The 8 axle locomotive was developed for pulling long passenger trains (28–32 carriages) at speeds around 100 km/h or faster. In 1983 the first two experimental locomotives were constructed and delivered to Kyiv for tests and adjustment.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 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 13 minutes.
- 7.2 MW is about 85 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 33.7 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1983
- number built
- 82
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- builders
- Škoda Works, Škoda Transportation
- operators
- Russian Railways, Ukrainian Railways
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- power
- 7.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- length
- 33.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q731998, Wikipedia: ChS8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.