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Electric multiple unit (Queensland Rail)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1979· class of electric multiple unit operating in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EMU6643BHI: QRtrains· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Electricmultipleunit 42: Pytomelon87· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) is a retired class of electric multiple unit manufactured by Walkers in Maryborough for Queensland Rail between 1979 and 1986. They were the first fleet of electric multiple units to be used in Queensland. They were retired from the Queensland Rail network in 2025.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 72.6 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1979–2018).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979
- in service from
- 1979
- retired
- 2018
- status
- retired
- number built
- 264
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ or
- formation
- 3 carriage sets
- length
- 72.6 m
- weight
- 118 t
- capacity
- 3 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5357627, Wikipedia: Electric multiple unit (Queensland Rail) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.