Alstom Metropolis Saint-Laurent

what is it?

The Alstom Metropolis Saint-Laurent is a type of light metro train built by Alstom for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM). Part of the Alstom Metropolis family, the initial order consisted of 106 two-car trains that were built in Sri City, India. The trains are fully automated (GoA4) with no driver or attendant on board the train.

who runs it

AlstomAtkinsRéalis

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• power 1.5 MWpower output
• weight 232 tin working order
• seats 128passengers
• built 212made 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.
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 39 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏38.1 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 128: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

2023

in service from

2023

status

in service

number built

212

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

operators

Alstom, AtkinsRéalis

top speed

100 km/h

power

1.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′ (one unit)

formation

2-car units, 1–2 units per train

length

38.1 m

weight

232 t

capacity

128 passengers

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

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