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São Paulo Metro G stock

🇧🇷 Brazil ·built by Alstom· from 2009· type of electric urban train

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
São Paulo Metro G stock, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Gabriel Da Sobreira· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The São Paulo Metro G stock is a class of electric multiple units built between 2007 and 2009 by Alstom to operate on Line 2-Green.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • power 4.3 MWpower output
  • seats 8passengers
  • built 16made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
  • 4.3 MW is about 51 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 131 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
2009
in service from
2007
status
in service
number built
16
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇧🇷 Brazil
builders
Alstom
operators
Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
top speed
90 km/h
power
4.3 MW
gauge
1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
formation
6-car sets (A–B–B–B–B–A)
length
131 m
capacity
8 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q56346818, Wikipedia: São Paulo Metro G stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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