M5 (Amsterdam Metro)

what is it?

The Alstom Metropolis M5 is a fleet of 28 six-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains for the Amsterdam Metro, delivered by the French manufacturer Alstom between 2012 and 2015. The trains are based on the Alstom Metropolis series, with variants in use by metro systems in various foreign cities such as Barcelona, Budapest, Santiago, and Shanghai. Although the trains are suitable for driverless operation, they are currently operated by drivers.

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• power 3.2 MWpower output
• weight 190 tin working order
• seats 786passengers

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 13 years ago, in 2013.
• 🚗3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏116 m long: about 26 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 786: 16 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

2013

in service from

2013

number built

—

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

Alstom

top speed

90 km/h

power

3.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

6 cars per trainset

length

116 m

weight

190 t

capacity

786 passengers

Dutch name

Metromaterieel M5/M6

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

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