3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NM-02 Ciudad de México 11 Bicentenario: Gobierno de la Ciudad de México· CC BY 4.0
- 2. Nm-02 en la linea 7: sistema de transporte colectivo, Metro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NM-02 en mixcoac línea 7: Francisco Javier.· FAL
what is it?
The NM-02 (abbreviated from the Spanish: Neumático Mexicano 2002) is a rubber-tyred model of electrical multiple units used on the Mexico City Metro, first used in 2005 and currently servicing Line 2 and Line 7.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Weighs about as much as 44 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 151 m long: about 34 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,460: 29 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 22 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2004
- status
- in service
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Bombardier
- operators
- Sistema de Transporte Colectivo
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC guide bars
- formation
- 9 cars per trainset
- length
- 151 m
- weight
- 261 t
- capacity
- 1,460 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6036934, Wikipedia: NM-02 (Mexico City Metro) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.