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A1 (Guangzhou Metro car)
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Adtranz· from 1997· rolling stock of Guangzhou Metro Line 1
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1x19-1x20 leaving Xilang (20180925131237): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. A1 Train (1x25-26) leaving Kengkou Station, Guangzhou Metro 20191013-A: DDG· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The A1 (commonly known as Guangzhou Metro Line 1 Train or "Daxi" (大西/Big West)) is a rolling stock built by Adtranz (acquired by Bombardier Transportation in 2001, then Alstom in 2021) and Siemens Mobility from 1996 to 1998 for the Line 1, with operation in Guangzhou Metro. They were refurbished from 2021 to 2024 by CRRC Guangzhou Rail Transit Equipment in Dazhou Stabling Yard. On 29 December 2002, A1 trains were assigned for service on Line 2 until the A2 trains were delivered, which in turn were replaced with A4 trains.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 140 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 310: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 29 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- status
- in service
- number built
- 126
- kind
- Class A EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom, Siemens Mobility
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- Tcp-M-M+M-M-Tcp
- length
- 140 m
- capacity
- 310 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q11062054, Wikipedia: A1 (Guangzhou Metro car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.