ČSD Class M 152.0

The M 152.0 is the most common Czechoslovak diesel motor coach in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was designed, manufactured and used in the former Czechoslovakia and now used in the Czech Republic (ČD Class 810) and Slovakia (ZSSK Class 812). It was produced from 1975 to 1982 by Vagonka Studénka.

ČSD M 152.0 ČD/ŽSR Series 810
Manufacturer	Vagonka Studénka
Constructed	Prototype (M 151.0): 1973 Series: 1975–1984
Number built	M 152.0: 687 M 152.5: 2
Capacity	55 seats 40 standing room
Operators	Czechoslovak State Railways Hungarian State Railways Railways of the Slovak Republic
Specifications
Train length	13.97 m (45.8 ft)
Height	3.5 m (11 ft)
Wheel diameter	840 mm (33 in)
Wheelbase	8,000 mm (310 in)
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Weight	20.0 t (19.7 long tons; 22.0 short tons)
Axle load	10.0 t (9.8 long tons; 11.0 short tons)
Traction system	29 kN (6,500 lbf)
Prime mover(s)	Diesel engine
Engine type	LIAZ ML 634
Cylinder count	6
Power output	154.9 kW (207.7 hp)
Transmission	Hydromechanical
AAR wheel arrangement	1-A
Track gauge	M 152.0 / 810.0: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) M 152.5 / 810.8: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)

Both ČD and ZSSK refurbish 810s into newer units, sometimes with smaller repairs and additions that retain the class number, or large refurbishments such as ČD Class 814 or ZSSK Class 813, and have a second modernization since 2018, have been using a marketing name for those trainsets, RegioMouse.

MÁV also operates the type as MÁV Class 117 (formerly designated as "Bzmot"). These were rebuilt with new engines and transmission, and had other refurbishments.

Gallery

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  810 078-6 in Prague
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  810 418 in Tachov
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  810 442 in Aš
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  810 448-1 in Vrchlabí
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  The single Class 010 passenger car in Černý Kříž
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  A second prototype of the M 152.0 in original livery
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  812 613, a refurbishment prototype (nicknamed Esmeralda (ČD))
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  811 ZSSK, another refurbishment
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  813.11 ZSSK, another refurbishment
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  ČD Class 814, another refurbishment since 2005
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  816, another refurbishment
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  MÁV Bzmot 384 in Makó, Hungary
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  The original passenger seating area in an 810
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  Driver's cab

References

Media related to CS Class M 152.0 at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.zeleznicne.info/view.php?cisloclanku=2008010025