#3566· Plan U
NS Plan U
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1960· class of 42 Netherlands 3-car diesel-electric trainsets
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Spoorwegmuseum treinstel NS 114: Eriksw· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NS Plan U, officially the DE-3, was a 3-car Diesel multiple unit designed for service under the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The cab's nose was used as a basis for the Mat '64 EMU, which operated under the same company until 2016.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Served for 43 years (1960–2003).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- Dutch name
- Plan U
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1841061, Wikipedia: NS Plan U (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.