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São Paulo Metro M stock

🇧🇷 Brazil ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2014· rolling stock of monorail line 15 of São Paulo Metro

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
São Paulo Metro M stock, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Governo de São Paulo· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The São Paulo Metro M stock is a class of trains built by Bombardier between 2011 and 2014 to operate on Line 15-Silver, opened in 2014. This is the first monorail class of trains of the state of São Paulo.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 80 km/htop speed
  • power 1.3 MWpower output
  • weight 14.4 tin working order
  • seats 8passengers
  • built 189made 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 12 years ago, in 2014.
  • 1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 86 m long: about 19 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
2014
in service from
2014
status
in service
number built
189
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇧🇷 Brazil
builders
ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom, Bombardier
operators
Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
top speed
80 km/h
power
1.3 MW
gauge
680 mm narrow gauge
electric system
750 V DC contact rails on the side of the beam
wheel arrangement
A-A+A-A+A-A+A-A+A-A+A-A+A-A
formation
7-car sets (A–C–D–C–D–C–A)
length
86 m
weight
14.4 t
capacity
8 passengers

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q56347656, Wikipedia: São Paulo Metro M stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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