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#4262· VR treintype Sm2

VR Class Sm2

🇫🇮 Finland ·built by Valmet· from 1975· electric multiple unit train

🚆 multiple unit electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Sm2 saapumassa Helsinkiin: Eelis Linturi· CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. Sm2 91 at Helsinki 121223: CarrotPieFI· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 05.07.06 Kouvola Sm2 6065 (27687551943): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 05.07.16 Kotkan satama Sm2 6065 (28199295302): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Punainen Sm2: Goakkis· CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Sm2 Lahdessa heinäkuussa 2024: Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Sm2 lähijuna sisältä: Uploaded by Skorpion87· Public domain
  8. 8. Sm2 saneeraus1: Valtteri Keski-Säntti· Attribution
  9. 9. Sm2-6055-helsinki-11-2-2012-fws: Francisco Welter-Schultes· CC0
  10. 10. Sm2-6063-helsinki-9-2-2012-fws: Francisco Welter-Schultes· CC0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
VR Class Sm2, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Eelis Linturi· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Sm2 is a class of electric multiple units in use by VR in its commuter rail traffic in southern Finland. Fifty Sm2 units were built between 1975 and 1981 by Valmet in Tampere. Since the withdrawal of the older Sm1 units, the Sm2 units are the oldest multiple units in use in Finland.

who runs it

VR Group

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 155 kWpower output
  • weight 46.5 tin working order
  • seats 200passengers
  • built 50made 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
  • Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 53.3 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 200: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Served for 50 years (1975–2025).

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

spec sheet

built
1975
in service from
1975
retired
2025
status
retired
number built
50
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇮 Finland
builders
Valmet, ABB Oy
operators
VR Group
top speed
120 km/h
power
155 kW
gauge
1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
length
53.3 m
weight
46.5 t
capacity
200 passengers
Dutch name
VR treintype Sm2

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

Sources: Wikidata Q752013, Wikipedia: VR Class Sm2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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