#6503· voorstad elektrisch treinstel
Suburban multiple unit
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· Queensland Rail EMU suburban trainsets
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SMU220: Byrd250k· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 266Corinda: QRtrains· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Suburban multiple units (SMU) are a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Walkers Limited/Downer EDI Rail, Maryborough for Queensland Rail's Citytrain division between 1994 and 2011. The SMU is divided into in three subclasses, units 201–212 as the 200 series, units 221–250 as the 220 series, and units 261–296, as the 260 series.
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
- 1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 72.4 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 240: 5 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
- —
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited, Downer Rail, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ (200)
- formation
- 3-car sets
- length
- 72.4 m
- weight
- 126 t
- capacity
- 240 passengers
- Dutch name
- voorstad elektrisch treinstel
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7632361, Wikipedia: Suburban multiple unit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.