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| factory = ADK: [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]]<br>ADB: [[Midland Railway Workshops]]

| family =

| replaced = Australia: [[WAGR Dd class]] & carriages<br>New Zealand and Sa trains or Am class EMUs: [[NZR 56-foot carriage|56-foot carriages (SA class)]] Later replaced by the AM class

| yearconstruction = 1967–1968

| yearservice = Australia: 1968<br>New Zealand: 1993

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== Mozambique ==

In August 2017, eight units were shipped to [[Mozambique]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1708/S00692/aucklands-old-diesel-trains-set-for-new-life-in-mozambique.htm|title=Auckland’s old diesel trains set for new life in Mozambique|date=25 August 2017|access-date=23 March 2020|author=Auckland Council|author-link=Auckland Council|publisher=[[scoop.co.nz]]|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523013042/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1708/S00692/aucklands-old-diesel-trains-set-for-new-life-in-mozambique.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> with one unit being purchased by the [[New Zealand Special Air Service]]s for training. The shipped units are now running in [[Maputo]], [[Mozambique]], operated by [[MetroBus (Mozambique)|MetroBus]] on a commuter service from [[Maputo Central Railway Station]] to the suburb of [[Matola]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/metrobus-train-traffic-interrupted-by-floodslandslides-on-rail-tracks/|title=Metrobus Train Traffic interrupted by floods, landslides on rail tracks|date=21 February 2018|access-date=22 February 2021|website=clubofmozambique.com|author=Adrian Fray|publisher=Adrian Fray|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618233700/https://clubofmozambique.com/news/metrobus-train-traffic-interrupted-by-floodslandslides-on-rail-tracks/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/million-dollar-metro-bus-integrated-transport-project-for-maputo-matola-boane-to-start-operations-soon//|title=Million dollar ‘Metro-Bus’ integrated transport project for Maputo, Matola & Boane to start operations soon|date=5 October 2017|access-date=22 February 2021|website=clubofmozambique.com|author=Adrian Fray|publisher=Adrian Fray|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513173435/https://clubofmozambique.com/news/million-dollar-metro-bus-integrated-transport-project-for-maputo-matola-boane-to-start-operations-soon/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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