TCDD E8000

The TCDD E8000 is a three-car electric multiple unit operated by the Turkish State Railways on the Istanbul suburban service, and among the first electric trains to use the newly developed 25 kV 50 Hz AC power system. The trains are equipped with conventional transformers and camshaft-controlled step switches, with a power output of 1,100 kilowatts and a maximum speed of 90 kilometres per hour. A total of 28 were built by the French manufacturers Alstom, Jeumont and De Dietrich Ferroviaire, with deliveries beginning in 1955, and they were used on the newly electrified European commuter train service in Istanbul. After the Asian side of the city was electrified, the trains also served there.