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#5391· VR Dm 12

VR Class Dm12

🇫🇮 Finland ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 2005· diesel multiple unit

🚆 multiple unit diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. VR Class Dm12 4401 Rail Bus: JPH· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Dm12 keskiosasto: Otto Karikoski· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. 05.07.16 Hanko Dv12 2530, Dm12 4401 and Dm12 4403 (28254816236): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 05.07.16 Karjaa Sr2 3246 and Dm12 4403 (28288563805): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 06.07.16 Joensuu Sr2 3225 and Dm12 4413 (28319899045): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 06.07.16 Parikkala Dm12 4410 and 4402 (28319460225): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 06.07.16 Savonlinna Dm12 4410+4412 (28312518685): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 07.07.16 Joensuu Dm12 4402+4415 (28290802996): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. 07.07.16 Pieksämäki Sr2 3212, Sm3 7116 and Dm12 4402+4415 (28043210940): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. 07.07.16 Ylivieska Dm12 4405 (27731896414): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
VR Class Dm12, photo 1 of 10
1/10 JPH· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Dm12 is a diesel railcar operated by VR Group.

who runs it

VR Group

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 301 kWpower output
  • weight 48 tin working order
  • seats 63passengers
  • built 16made 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 21 years ago, in 2005.
  • 301 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 25.2 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
2005
in service from
2005
number built
16
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇫🇮 Finland
builders
Škoda Transportation, Škoda Vagonka
operators
VR Group
top speed
120 km/h
power
301 kW
gauge
1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
formation
1 car
length
25.2 m
weight
48 t
capacity
63 passengers
Dutch name
VR Dm 12

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1038358, Wikipedia: VR Class Dm12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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