HS code 8601: Rail locomotives powered from an external source
Heading 8601 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 86, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
8601Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators
Place in the nomenclature: 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including… > 8601
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8601
- 8601 10Powered from an external source of electricity
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity
- 8601 10 00 Powered from an external source of electricity
- 8601 20Powered by electric accumulators
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rail locomotives powered by electric accumulators
- 8601 20 00 Powered by electric accumulators
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.