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Shenzhen Metro MOVIA EMU
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2004· Chinese electric train
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- 1. 01A2206 type 104 train entering Hourui Station, Nov 2021: OpConan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Shenzhen Metro MOVIA EMU (also known as Movia 456 or "01A2206龐") is the first electric multiple unit of Shenzhen Metro. It is assigned for the service of Shenzhen Metro Line 1. 132 cars were ordered, built by Bombardier Transportation and CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- 3.5 MW is about 41 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 140 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,920: 38 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
- 2004
- in service from
- 2004
- status
- in service
- number built
- 132
- kind
- Class A EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd.
- operators
- Shenzhen Metro Co.,Ltd
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6-car sets, Tc–Mp–M+M–Mp–Tc
- length
- 140 m
- weight
- 228 t
- capacity
- 1,920 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q11153011, Wikipedia: Shenzhen Metro MOVIA EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.