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SL C30

🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2020· type of rolling stock used in the Stockholm Metro

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. C30 Bredäng 200909 2: NiLaAlLj· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Liljeholmen tunnelbana, SL C30, 20240210 - 16: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. C30, interiör, 20220730 (cropped): AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. C30 Carriage: Officialworks· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. C30 Chair Fabirc Couple: LittleGun· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. C30 Metro 20200811 01: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. C30 Metro 20200811 05 detalj: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Aspudden tunnelbana, SL C30, 20240210 - 18: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. C30 20190301 - 1: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. C30 20190301 - 4: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The SL C30 is a type of metro train used on the Stockholm Metro in Stockholm County, Sweden. The first C30 set was inaugurated in 2020 on the Red Line, and they have subsequently replaced all the older rolling stock dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. 116 sets have been delivered to Stockholm by Bombardier Transportation and subsequently by Alstom.

who runs it

Connecting Stockholm Storstockholms Lokaltrafik MTR Corporation Limited

base stats

speed 90 km/htop speed
power 1.8 MWpower output
weight 116 tin working order
seats 634passengers
built 96made 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 6 years ago, in 2020.
1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
70 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 634: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built: 2020
in service from: 2020
status: in service
number built: 96
kind: metro
traction: electric
origin: 🇸🇪 Sweden
builders: ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Alstom, Bombardier
operators: Connecting Stockholm, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, MTR Corporation Limited
top speed: 90 km/h
power: 1.8 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 650–
wheel arrangement: 2′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′2′
formation: 4 cars (A1–B1–B2–A2) per unit, 2 units per train
length: 70 m
weight: 116 t
capacity: 634 passengers

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q10438845, Wikipedia: SL C30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.