#5116· NSB BM 71
NSB Class 71
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Strømmens Værksted· from 1998· high-speed train type operating in Norway
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
what is it?
NSB Class 71 (Norwegian: type 71) is an electric multiple unit used by Flytoget for the Airport Express Trains on the Gardermoen Line of Norway. Sixteen three-car train sets were built by Adtranz Strømmen between 1997 and 1998. The units are capable of 210 km/h (130 mph), connecting Oslo Central Station and other stations in Metropolitan Oslo to the Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, along Norway's only high-speed railway.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 2.6 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 82.3 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 168: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 28 years.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998
- in service from
- 1998
- status
- in service
- number built
- 16
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Strømmens Værksted, Adtranz
- operators
- Flytoget, Flytoget AS
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- formation
- 3 cars (as built) 4 cars (from refurbishment 2008-2009)
- length
- 82.3 m
- weight
- 52 t
- capacity
- 168 passengers
- Dutch name
- NSB BM 71
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q172791, Wikipedia: NSB Class 71 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.