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#6202· ČD 810

ČSD Class M 152.0

🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by Škoda Vagonka· Czech DMU class

ČSD Class M 152.0, photo 1 of 9
1/9 Michal Gregor· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The M 152.0 is the most common Czechoslovak diesel motor coach in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was designed, manufactured and used in the former Czechoslovakia and now used in the Czech Republic (ČD Class 810) and Slovakia (ZSSK Class 812). It was produced from 1975 to 1982 by Vagonka Studénka.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 80 km/htop speed
  • power 155 kWpower output
  • weight 20 tin working order
  • seats 55passengers
  • built 689made 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

  • Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14 m long: about 3 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
—
number built
689
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
builders
Škoda Vagonka
operators
Československé státní dráhy, Hungarian State Railways, České dráhy, Railway Capital
top speed
80 km/h
power
155 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
1-A
length
14 m
weight
20 t
capacity
55 passengers
Dutch name
ČD 810

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

Sources: Wikidata Q337131, Wikipedia: ČSD Class M 152.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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