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5000-series (CTA)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2011· electric multiple unit train of CTA
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. North Lawndale Sunset: Jonathan Lee from Chicago, IL, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Loop-bound train at 18th station, December 2018: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 20120624 CTA L 5000SERIES PINK311 54CERMAK: DR04· Attribution
- 4. 5000-series train at Damen station (CTA Green Line) - August 2024: AlphaBeta135· CC BY 4.0
- 5. CTA 5000-series at Sheridan, Chicago, Illinois: Pokemonprime· CC BY 4.0
- 6. CTA 5000-series at Washington Wabash, Chicago, Illinois: Pokemonprime· CC BY 4.0
- 7. CTA 5000-series Cars at Grand-State: vxla from Chicago, US· CC BY 2.0
- 8. CTA 5000-Series Meets 2600-Series: vxla from Chicago, US· CC BY 2.0
- 9. CTA 5000-series over E Randolph St: Pokemonprime· CC BY 4.0
- 10. CTA 5000-series Train. Run No. 904 at State-Lake: vxla from Chicago, US· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 5000 series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 2009 and 2015 by Bombardier Transportation of Plattsburgh, New York. A $577 million order for 406 cars was placed in 2006. In July 2011, the CTA ordered 300 more cars (later increased to 308 cars) for $331 million as an option on the first contract.
who runs it
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 29.3 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 123: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2011
- in service from
- 2010
- status
- in service
- number built
- 714
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Chicago Transit Authority
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- Married-pair
- length
- 29.3 m
- weight
- 25.9 t
- capacity
- 123 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4639723, Wikipedia: 5000-series (CTA) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.