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HKL Class M200
🇫🇮 Finland ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2001· a vehicle in use in the Helsinki Metro
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Helsinkimetro: Yaropolk· Public domain
- 2. Helsinky- Espoo, Bombardier M200 č. 219: Oleksandr Dede· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. M200-metrojuna Saapumassa Kulosaaren metroasemalle: Juho Nyman· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. PK M200 Departing Helsingin yliopisto. First Day in use: Eelis Linturi· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The HKL Class M200 is a class of metro trains in use on the Helsinki Metro, based on the DBAG Class 481 trains used on the Berlin S-Bahn. One train consists of two individually numbered cars. A total of 12 pairs (24 cars) were manufactured by Bombardier-DWA in Germany (with the electrical power drive systems manufactured by Alstom in France) during 2000–2001.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 920 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 44.3 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 116: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom
- operators
- Helsinki City Transport
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 920 kW
- gauge
- 1,522 mm broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 2 cars
- length
- 44.3 m
- weight
- 61 t
- capacity
- 116 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10854570, Wikipedia: HKL Class M200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.