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Buenos Aires Underground 300 Series
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by Alstom· from 2016· Railcars used on the Buenos Aires Underground
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Alstom-300-1: Buenos Aires Ciudad· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 2. Alstom-300-Arribo-301-23: User:Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Alstom 300 en Est Córdoba 01: Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 4. Alstom 300 en Est Córdoba 02: Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 5. Alstom 300 en Est Córdoba 03: Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 6. Alstom-300-2: Buenos Aires Ciudad· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 7. Alstom-300-Arribo-301-14: User:Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Alstom-300-Arribo-301-40: User:Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Alstom-300-Arribo-301-46: User:Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 300 Series are a set of underground cars manufactured by Alstom in Brazil for use on the Buenos Aires Underground. They are used on Line H of the network, and more have been introduced on Line D where they operate alongside the similar 100 Series.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 270: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- status
- in service
- number built
- 78
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- Alstom
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC overhead lines
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 17 m
- capacity
- 270 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q24769235, Wikipedia: Buenos Aires Underground 300 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.