Alstom Metropolis C851E (North East Line)

what is it?

The Alstom Metropolis C851E (North East Line) is the third generation electric multiple unit rolling stock introduced on the North East Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by Alstom under Contract 851E. It consists of six six-car trains built alongside 23 three-car trains for the Circle Line. The trains were manufactured and assembled in Alstom's manufacturing facility in Barcelona, Spain and progressively shipped to Singapore from 2021. The contract, valued at around S$250 million, was awarded by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) during a ceremony held at Sengkang Depot.

who runs it

STSBS TransitComfortDelGroSMRT Trains

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• seats 1,920passengers
• built 36made 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 3 years ago, in 2023.
• 📏139 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 1,920: 38 full city buses (~50 seats each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2023

in service from

2023

status

in service

number built

36

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇸🇬 Singapore

builders

Alstom

operators

SBS Transit, ComfortDelGro, SMRT Trains

top speed

100 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

6 cars per trainset (DT–Mp–Mi+Mi–Mp–DT)

length

139 m

capacity

1,920 passengers

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

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