M7

what is it?

The M7 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Bombardier for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. With delivery beginning in 2002, the M7 replaced the M1 railcars on both railroads as well as the ACMUs on Metro-North. The cars built for Metro-North were designated as the M7As, and contain minor differences from the M7s found on the LIRR. A total of 1,172 M7 cars were built for the two railroads.

who runs it

Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityMetro-North Railroad

base stats

• speed 161 km/htop speed
• power 1.6 MWpower output
• weight 58.2 tin working order
• seats 110passengers
• built 1,172made 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 24 years ago, in 2002.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🚗1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 110: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 24 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

2002

in service from

2002

status

in service

number built

1,172

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

ALSTOM Transportation Germany

operators

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro-North Railroad

top speed

161 km/h

power

1.6 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′

formation

Married pairs

length

25.9 m

weight

58.2 t

capacity

110 passengers

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