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ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by UGL Rail· from 1982· type of diesel railway vehicle used on Auckland's suburban network
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Waitakere Train: russellstreet· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The ADL class is a class of diesel multiple units that were last operated by Auckland One Rail on the suburban rail network in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally built in the early 1980s by A Goninan & Co for Westrail of Western Australia, they were sold in 1993 by Westrail's successor, Transperth, to New Zealand Rail for use on suburban services in Auckland. The units were withdrawn from service in Auckland in August 2022, and transported to Glenbrook Vintage Railway and Pukeoware depot for storage.
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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 42.2 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 132: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 40 years (1982–2022).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982
- in service from
- 1982
- retired
- 2022
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways, Tranz Metro, Transdev Auckland, Transperth Train Operations
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 205 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- ADL+ADC
- length
- 42.2 m
- weight
- 43 t
- capacity
- 132 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956175, Wikipedia: ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.