Bombardier M5000

what is it?

The Bombardier M5000 is a model of high-floor passenger light rail vehicles. It is part of the Flexity Swift range of vehicles, built specifically as a high-floor, articulated bi-directional tram to operate solely on the Manchester Metrolink system in England. The Metrolink system is the only tram network in the United Kingdom capable of running services made up of numerous tram sets, and consequently, the M5000s can operate as either a single vehicle or coupled together to form a "double" unit.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 480 kWpower output
• weight 39.7 tin working order
• seats 146passengers
• built 147made in total

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 17 years ago, in 2009.
• 🚗480 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏28.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 146: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built

2009

in service from

2009

status

in service

number built

147

kind

tram / light rail

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom

operators

Transport for Greater Manchester

top speed

80 km/h

power

480 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′+2′+Bo′

formation

2 carriages

length

28.4 m

weight

39.7 t

capacity

146 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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