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Stadsgewestelijk Materieel
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Waggonfabrik Talbot· from 1975· Dutch electric multiple unit in service since 1975, commonly referred to as "Sprinter"
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SGMm Apeldoorn: CrabbyPatrick· CC BY 3.0
- 2. SGMm 2983: No machine-readable author provided. T Houdijk assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
what is it?
The Stadsgewestelijk Materieel or SGM (transl. Suburban Equipment – transl. City Regional rolling stock) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type that was operated by the Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen. They were built from 1975 to 1983 by Talbot and retired from service between 2018 and 2021.
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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Seats 158: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 46 years (1975–2021).
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
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 90
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Waggonfabrik Talbot
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 125 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- formation
- 2 cars (2100) , 3 cars (2900)
- capacity
- 158 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1938950, Wikipedia: Stadsgewestelijk Materieel (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.