#4314· Intercitymaterieel
NS Intercity Materieel
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Waggonfabrik Talbot· from 1977· train
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 13-06-27-gouda-by-RalfR-166: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Alphen aan den Rijn ICMm 4024 (36649803356): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
- 3. ICM-0: Maurits90· Public domain
- 4. NS Intercitymaterieel at Amsterdam Centraal 2: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The Intercity Materieel (or ICM) (lit. transl. Intercity Material – transl. Intercity Rolling Stock) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in the Netherlands. The train received the nickname Koploper, because it had a so-called "walk through head".
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 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.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Seats 190: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1977
- in service from
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 144
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Waggonfabrik Talbot, Oerlikon Rheinmetall Air Defence
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- formation
- ICM-0/1/2: 3 cars, ICM-3/4 4 cars
- capacity
- 190 passengers
- Dutch name
- Intercitymaterieel
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q752967, Wikipedia: NS Intercity Materieel (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.