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Innovia APM 256
🇺🇸 United States ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2009· class of electric multiple units on the Taipei Metro Brown line and the O'Hare Airport Transit System
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Airport Transit System Bombardier Innovia: ChillyBlanket· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Bombardier INNOVIA APM 256 approaching Daan Station 20210418: Subscriptshoe9· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. A Bombardier INNOVIA APM 256 train of TRTC approaching Liuzhangli Station: H.T. Yu· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. APM 256 Train Passing by Lihe Eco Park With Taipei 101 in the Background: Jun Jie Yam· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Bombardier Innovia APM 256 and Concord Securities Building 20091231: merec0· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Bombardier Innovia APM 256 and Xieda Zhongxiao Building 20081206: 蒼空 翔 有事找我· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Bombardier Innovia APM 256 approaching Xihu Station 20200531: 佐藤宮沢· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Innovia APM 256 @BR09~BR10 20260802: Sinsyuan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Innovia APM 256 and MND Symphony Orchestra 20230811: Johan Jönsson ( Julle )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Innovia APM 256 coming into Zhongshan Junior High School Station 20130601: CCY18999· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Bombardier INNOVIA APM 256 (internally code-named the Taipei Metro C370 or BT370 by the operational arm of Taipei Metro, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation) is the second generation of automated guideway transit rolling stock to be used on Wenhu line (Brown Line) of the Taipei Metro. They are distinguished from their predecessors, Matra VAL256, by their circular front headlights and a grey livery, with a green stripe above. Also, instead of yellow forward-facing seats, the train offers blue seats that face inward.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 142: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 238
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom
- operators
- O'Hare International Airport, Taipei Metro
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 236 kW
- gauge
- 1,880 mm broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- AA
- formation
- Taipei: 2 cars per unit, 2 units per train, Chicago: 3 cars (A–B–C) per train
- length
- 13.8 m
- weight
- 37.2 t
- capacity
- 142 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19854140, Wikipedia: Innovia APM 256 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.