New South Wales H set

what is it?

The H sets, commonly referred to as the OSCAR (Outer Suburban Car) trains, are a class of double-decker electric multiple units (EMU) currently operated by Sydney Trains on its Sydney suburban routes and some intercity routes in New South Wales, Australia. Built by UGL Rail in Broadmeadow, the H sets first entered service under the CityRail brand in December 2006, with the last in December 2012. Their introduction allowed for the retirement of some second-class V set carriages (second class DCM and DCT carriages).

who runs it

Sydney TrainsNSW TrainLinkCICityRailRCRail Corporation New South Wales

base stats

• speed 143 km/htop speed
• power 1.6 MWpower output
• weight 201 tin working order
• seats 432passengers
• built 221made in total

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 20 years ago, in 2006.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 34 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏81.6 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 432: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 20 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2006

in service from

2006

status

in service

number built

221

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

UGL Rail

operators

Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink, CityRail, Rail Corporation New South Wales

top speed

143 km/h

power

1.6 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

(nominal) from overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

55 4-car sets

length

81.6 m

weight

201 t

capacity

432 passengers

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