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Taiwan Railway R200
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2023· Taiwanese diesel-electric locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA R201 at TRA Changhua Roundhouse 20231112: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TRA R200 Diesel locomotives at Taichung Port 20230613: 鐵路1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 20230613臺鐵R200型柴電機車於清水坡: 鐵路1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 20230613臺鐵R200型柴電機車臺中港出港運輸: 鐵路1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 20230613臺鐵R200型柴電機車臺中港出港運輸行駛於海線: 鐵路1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 臺鐵公司R200柴電機車6月19日於花蓮隆重首航 新聞照片 頁面 4 影像 0002: 臺灣鐵路公司· Attribution
what is it?
The R200 are a series of diesel-electric locomotives built by Stadler Rail for use by Taiwan Railway, starting in 2023.
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 3 years ago, in 2023.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- number built
- 34
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 96 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q109349360, Wikipedia: Taiwan Railway R200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.