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VL40U
Electric loco VL40U-1025-1, Odesa, Ukraine
Type and origin
Power typeElectric 25 kV, 50 Hz
Build date2004-
Specifications
Gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in)
Career
OperatorsUkrainian Railways
Locale Ukraine

VL40U — is a AC passenger electric locomotive modernized from sections of the VL80t freight electric locomotive of 2004 for the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia. In the process of modernization, each electric locomotive received new control cabins and equipment.

Modernization was carried out at the Zaporizhzhia and Lviv locomotive repair plants in two versions, which differed from each other in the shape of the cab.