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MR-90
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 1995· class of electric multiple unit
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AMT Deux-Montagnes: Kellergraham at en.wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. MR-90 GM-A: Nico675849· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. MR-90 GM-D: Nico675849· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MR-90 Summer 2020: Nico675849· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Amtdeuxmont: Mtlfiredude· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. ADIRONDACK-TRAIN-MONTREAL: Bublegun· CC BY 3.0
- 7. AMT Deux Montages (10278005613): David McCormack· CC BY 2.0
- 8. AMTDM: Mtlfiredude· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Gare Grand-Moulin: Austin Huang· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The MR-90 was a class of single-level electric multiple unit (EMU) railcar ordered in 1992 at a price of $133,5 million by the Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montreal (STCUM). They were built in 1994–1995 by Bombardier Transportation at its La Pocatière factory. They were delivered to the STCUM at a final cost of $119,5 million.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 52 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1995–2023).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 58
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Exo
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
- length
- 52 m
- weight
- 57.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717415, Wikipedia: MR-90 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.