what is it?
TCDD MT5600 branded as Sakarya is a series of 11 diesel railcars operated by the Turkish State Railways. They were produced by Tüvasaş.
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
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 410 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25.2 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 11
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜVASAŞ
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 410 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Railcar
- length
- 25.2 m
- weight
- 34.7 t
- capacity
- 64 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669658, Wikipedia: TCDD MT5600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.