HŽ series 7022

what is it?

HŽ series 7022 is a class of low-floor diesel multiple unit built for Croatian Railways (Croatian: Hrvatske željeznice, HŽ) by Croatia based company TŽV Gredelj. The prototype of diesel electric multiple unit for regional traffic is a 3-part train set composed of two end motor modules containing driver's cab and one middle motor module without driver's cab. All the modules are supported by two bogies, one of which is a drive bogie and the other one a running bogie.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• power 1.4 MWpower output
• weight 150 tin working order

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 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🚗1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏70.5 m long: about 16 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

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number built

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kind

multiple unit

traction

diesel

origin

🇭🇷 Croatia

builders

TŽV Gredelj

operators

Croatian Railways

top speed

160 km/h

power

1.4 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo’2’+2’Bo’+2’Bo’

formation

3 parts

length

70.5 m

weight

150 t

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