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New South Wales Hunter railcar
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by UGL Rail· from 2006· also called Hunter, a railcar operated by NSW TrainLink in New South Wales, Australia
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hunter Railcar at Wickham railway station, NSW: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hunter railcars 2751 & 2701 (45512879812): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. CityRail-Hunter-Railcar-2754: Alexanderino· CC BY 2.5
- 4. Hunter railcar vestibule: Abesty· CC BY 4.0
- 5. CityRail Hunter Railcar at Hamilton Station: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. CityRail hunter railcar exterior: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Hunter Railcar 2707 2757 (30742891027): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Hunter Railcar at Wickham railway station: Abesty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Hunter railcar destination board: Abesty· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Hunter Railcar J2 at Paterson: JT1018· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hunter railcars, also referred to as the J sets, are a type of diesel multiple unit (DMU) operated by Sydney Trains on the Hunter Line in New South Wales, Australia. Built by UGL Rail between November 2006 and September 2007, they initially operated for CityRail. The railcars have received only one refurbishment in their years of service.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 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.
- 559 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 50.5 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- 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
- 14
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- UGL Rail
- operators
- Sydney Trains
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 559 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2-car sets
- length
- 50.5 m
- weight
- 63 t
- capacity
- 77 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12055039, Wikipedia: New South Wales Hunter railcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.