4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Barcelona Metro 02: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Barcelona Metro Paral-lel: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 2009 Jaume I Barcelona Metrostation: Ralf Roeber, https://www.zeitfenster.de/· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 4. Metro barcelona: Michelangelo-36· Public domain
what is it?
The 9000 Series is a series of heavy rail rolling stock that operates on lines 2, 4, 9 and 10 of the Barcelona Metro. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) awarded the contract for the construction of the 9000 series to Alstom in 2002. Constructed in Belgium, France and Spain, they are part of the Alstom Metropolis family of underground trains.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 86.1 m long: about 19 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 112: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- number built
- 58
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Barcelona Metro
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,200– from overhead catenary
- formation
- MA1-MB1-R-MB2-MA2
- length
- 86.1 m
- capacity
- 112 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4859857, Wikipedia: Barcelona Metro 9000 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.