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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E44000, Gebze İstasyonu’nda 2025: Kayra· CC BY 4.0
- 2. TCDD E44000 (25792): Sezenkerem· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. TCDD E44000 (49977): Sezenkerem· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. TCDD E44000 (78813): Sezenkerem· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. TCDD E44000 (98261): Sezenkerem· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. TCDD E44000 at Bakırköy Station 1: Ahmeterenç· CC BY 4.0
- 7. TCDD E44000 at Bakırköy Station 2: Ahmeterenç· CC BY 4.0
- 8. TCDD E44000: Sezenkerem· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
TCDD E44000, also referred to as the "National Electric Train" (Turkish: "Milli Elektrikli Tren") by the media, is a model of electric trainset produced by TÜVASAŞ (now under TÜRASAŞ) for TCDD Taşımacılık. Trains started to be delivered to the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) on 27 April 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.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 135 m long: about 30 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 324: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- status
- in service
- number built
- 6
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜRASAŞ
- designer
- TÜRASAŞ
- operators
- TCDD Taşımacılık
- top speed
- 176 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- length
- 135 m
- capacity
- 324 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q119241737, Wikipedia: TCDD E44000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.