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what is it?
TCDD HSL700 is a series of electro-diesel locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways, built by Tülomsaş. The units have Bo'Bo' wheel arrangement and are powered by 300 kW engine and/or 400kW Li-ion batteries.
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 8 years ago, in 2018.
- 400 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2018
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electro-diesel
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜLOMSAŞ
- operators
- TCDD Taşımacılık
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 400 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 68 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60748618, Wikipedia: TCDD HSL700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.