14WE (original project names ''EN57/M'' and ''Halny'', one unit also called EN61) is an

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

(EMU) produced by Newag in

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It has ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. They are essentially heavily reconstructed

PKP class EN57 EN57 (manufacturer's designation: Pafawag 5B/6B) is an electric multiple unit used by the Polish railway operator ('' PKP''). It was built for suburban and long-distance services. Presently it is used by Przewozy Regionalne (Polregio), Łódzka Ko ...

EMU, of early-1960s vintage, reusing only their underframes. The trainset consists of driver car (type 410B), motor car (type 309B) and driver car (410B), with four passenger doors per car (two on each side). The 14WE is designed for suburban commuter traffic, with the carrying capacity of 192 seats and (nominally) 255 standing places. It is air conditioned and can be used with platforms high. The trainset has Scharfenberg couplers, which are standard on all Polish EMUs. They are placed at the height of , according to an UIC recommendation, whereas the Polish practice is . This creates operational problems in cases of a breakdown.

References

* This article is largely based on the corresponding Polish WP page
Technical data
from the SKM website

External links

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Manufacturer website
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