Title: Diesel multiple unit - Wikipedia
Headings: Diesel multiple unit
Diesel multiple unit
Contents
Design
Types by transmission
Diesel–mechanical
Diesel–hydraulic
Diesel–electric
Advantages and disadvantages
Around the world
Europe
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Ireland
Romania
Slovakia
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Costa Rica
United States
Asia/Australasia
Australia
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Manufacturers
See also
References

Content: DMUs in service as of 2021 include the Adtranz Class 612 tilting train ("Regio Swinger"), the Alstom Coradia LINT (Classes 620-623, 640 and 648), the Siemens Desiro (Class 642) and the Bombardier Talent (Class 643/644). From 2001-2016 there was even a DMU version of DB's high-speed Intercity Express, the Class 605 ICE TD . Ireland
Iarnród Éireann DMU 2751 at Limerick Colbert station, 2006
Main article: Multiple Units of Ireland
In the Republic of Ireland the Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), which controlled the republic's railways between 1945 and 1986, introduced DMUs in the mid-1950s and they were the first diesel trains on many main lines. Romania
Romanian Class 77 Malaxa DMU in Campulung Est in 2006
DMUs are used mostly on shorter and less frequently travelled routes in remote and often poorer areas like Banat and Bukovina. The national railway company CFR uses Malaxa class 77 and 78 DMUs locally built between the 1920s and 50s and refurbished in the 70s. It also uses a smaller number of other newer DMUs. Main DMU in use is the Class 96 Siemens Desiro aka Săgeata Albastră (Blue Arrow). Slovakia
ZSSK Class 813
In the present, several types of DMUs operate in Slovakia. Was the most common type in Slovakia is a Class 812 ZSSK based on the ČD Class 8