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- 1. Melbourne 4D Train: Zed Fitzhume from Melbourne, Australia· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The 4D was a one-off prototype double deck electric multiple unit built for the Public Transport Corporation in Victoria, Australia, for operation on the Melbourne railway system. It remains the only double deck train to have ever operated in Melbourne. The train's name stood for "Double Deck Development and Demonstration".
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 628: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 14 years (1992–2006).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- retired
- 2006
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- Public Transport Corporation
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 4 carriages
- length
- 20.3 m
- weight
- 186 t
- capacity
- 628 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4638883, Wikipedia: 4D (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.