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DT1 multiple unit

🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Torzhok railcar building plant· from 2009· Passenger train

DT1 multiple unit, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The DT1 (Diesel train Torzhok, type 1, rus: ДТ1 (Дизель-поезд Торжокский, 1-й тип)) is a dual-mode multiple unit passenger train developed at the Torzhoksky car-building factory in Russia in 2007. The train has electric and diesel power, and is intended to be used for suburban transport on 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge railways, with both low and high passenger platforms in macroclimatic areas with a temperate climate. The DT1 is the first dual-mode train produced in Russia.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 130 km/htop speed
  • built 13made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.

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

spec sheet

built
2009
in service from
2009
number built
13
kind
multiple unit
traction
bi-mode
origin
🇷🇺 Russia
builders
Torzhok railcar building plant
operators
Russian Railways
top speed
130 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

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

Sources: Wikidata Q4153466, Wikipedia: DT1 multiple unit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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