CP Class 9700
The Série 9700 were a type of diesel multiple unit train used by the Portuguese Railways (CP) on metre gauge lines, including the Tua line and Corgo line. They were originally built by Đuro Đaković in the 1960s for use on 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge railways in Yugoslavia, and while used there bore the class name JŽ 802. They were purchased secondhand by CP from the Yugoslav Railways in 1980; for use in Portugal they had to be regauged.
They frequently proved unreliable in service and several were substantially rebuilt, with new engines. The trains were nicknamed Xepas, after the unfortunate principal character on the Brazilian comedic soap opera Dona Xepa broadcast on Portuguese television. The chassis of several vehicles have survived and were extensively rebuilt in the mid-1990s, with new bodywork, and were reclassified as Série 9500. These rebuilt railcars are now used on the Metro de Mirandela. The rest of the fleet have been withdrawn, with some vehicles being exported to Peru (Inca Rail 903...925) and Mozambique. The units were further regauged to either 914 mm (3 ft) (Peru) or 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge (Mozambique).
See also
- Inca Rail
- Narrow gauge railways in Portugal
- Narrow-gauge railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where these units originally operated
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Type ↓ | diesel / gasoline / gas | steam: coal / oil | electric (IP: 25 kV / 50 kHz or (*) 1500 V; other networks q.v.) | ← Traction | ||||||||
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Status → | in service | withdrawn (or used occasionally) | in service | Gauge ↓ | ||||||||
IP network (Note: In italic, classes shared by CP and other companies, simult. or not; in underlined italic, classes used exclusively by other companies.) | ||||||||||||
railbuses/heavy rail | "592" | refurbished | M1 0050 0100 0500 0750 0600 0650 | 1001 Z1 | 2000 2050 2080 ABm1-18→ | refurbished | 2300 2400 3400 3500 4000 | 1668 mm (iberian) | ||||
VIP⎱ 0350⎰ 0450← | ←0300 ←0400 | 2100⎫ 2150⎬ 2200⎭ ⎰*3100→ ⎱*3200→ | →2240 →3150* →3250* | |||||||||
9630 | 9500← | ←9700─╮ 9400←╯ | ME1 ME21 9050 9100 9300 9600 | (Vale do Lima) | (there is currently no electric traction on IP's metre gauge) | 1000 mm (metre) | ||||||
locomotives | 9000 9020 Lydya |
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1200 1400 1500 1520 1900 1930 6000 | 1300 1320 1550 1800 1960 |
| 2500 2550 3300* | 2600 2620 4700 5600 | 1668 mm (iberian) | |||||||
shunters | 1150 | 1000 1020 1050 1100 | 005 | |||||||||
Local networks (excl. funiculars and cable cars) | ||||||||||||
trams |
| STCP200 STCP270 STCP280 | 1435 mm (standard) | |||||||||
metro | ML7 ML79 | ML90 ML95 ML97 ML99 | ||||||||||
light rail, articulated | MP000 MP100 C000 | |||||||||||
CCFL501 | 900 mm | |||||||||||
trams | TUB1 |
| CCFL001 CCFL005 CCFL541 CCFL701 CCFL737 | |||||||||
(PdV-VdC) | (CCFTNA) (CFPLER) | SMTUC01 SMTUC03 SMTUC16 | (CSA) | 1000 mm (metre) | ||||||||
locomotives | (CSA23074) | (Pomarão) | ||||||||||
(Transpraia) (P.d'El-Rei) | (Mira) (CFPL) | 600 mm | ||||||||||
(JAPH) N0(JAPPD) | 2140 mm | |||||||||||
Status → | in service | withdrawn | in service | Gauge ↑ | ||||||||
Type ↑ | diesel / gasoline / gas | steam: coal / oil | electric | ← Traction |