#3683· Mat '64
NS Mat '64
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1962· class of Netherlands 2- and 4-car electric multiple units
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PlanV447+478: Koffiekopje· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NS Mat '64 at Arnhem Velperpoort: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. NS Mat 64 at Schiedam Centrum 1: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 4. Mat '64 in Amersfoort in 2003: Gerarddummer· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Mat '64 op Utecht Centraal (2023)-2: Sneeuwvlakte· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Mat '64 op Utecht Centraal (2023): Sneeuwvlakte· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Mat 64 met sneeuw: Unknown author Unknown author· CC0
- 8. 2008 Station Zoetermeer (10): S.J. de Waard· CC BY 2.5
- 9. 503 en 829 in Deventer: No machine-readable author provided. Martijnvanvulpen assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Amsterdam Centraal 1991: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 are electric multiple units (EMU) built by Werkspoor and later by Duewag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They were operated in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) until 2016, and temporarily returned to service in 2025. The equipment consists of independent four and two-car train sets called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T is a 4-car EMU, and the Plan V is a 2-car EMU. Materieel '64 is sometimes nicknamed 'Apekoppen' (literal translation: 'monkey heads') and 'Standaard Stoptrein' ('Standard stopping train') due to their distinct shape.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 27 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 102 m long: about 23 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 52 years (1962–2014).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 246
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor, Waggonfabrik Talbot, DÜWAG, fa Stork
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Arriva, Connexxion, Veolia Transport
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Plan T: 2'2'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+2'2'
- formation
- Plan T: Bk + mBDK + mAB + Bk, Plan V: ABk + Bk
- length
- 102 m
- weight
- 163 t
- Dutch name
- Mat '64
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955426, Wikipedia: NS Mat '64 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.