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X'Trapolis 100

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Alstom· from 2002· suburban electric trainset

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Metro Trains Melbourne X'trapolis at Darling (2): Thebusofdoom· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. X'Trapolis 100 set 943M at South Yarra railway station (11 June 2026): PEPSI697· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Aboriginal X'Trapolis 100 (934M) at Upper Ferntree Gully: RyanZ225 PC· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Empty X’Trapolis 100 carriage — July 2022: Alison Newman· CC0
5. X'Trapolis 100 carriage 1627T being lifted by crane: Billy Evans· CC BY 4.0
6. X'Trapolis 100 arrives at Jolimont (Oct 2026): Totallynotarandomalt69· CC0
7. 102M Burnley: LachlanTansey· CC BY 4.0
8. 111 at Flagstaff: TNLHK· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. 117 at Box Hill: TNLHK· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. 136 at Alamein: TNLHK· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The X'Trapolis 100 is a type of single deck electric multiple unit part of Alstom's X'Trapolis family of trains, operated in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Valparaíso, Chile.

who runs it

Metro Trains Melbourne Tren Limache-Puerto

base stats

speed 143 km/htop speed
power 1.4 MWpower output
weight 43.3 tin working order
seats 216passengers
built 636made 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 24 years ago, in 2002.
Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
71.7 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 216: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
Still in service after 24 years.

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

spec sheet

built: 2002
in service from: 2002
status: in service
number built: 636
kind: multiple unit
traction: electric
origin: 🇦🇺 Australia
builders: Alstom
operators: Metro Trains Melbourne, Tren Limache-Puerto
top speed: 143 km/h
power: 1.4 MW
gauge: 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
electric system: (nominal) from overhead catenary
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
formation: 3-car sets (M–T–M). Often paired together as M-T-M--M-T-M 6-car sets.
length: 71.7 m
weight: 43.3 t
capacity: 216 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q8041402, Wikipedia: X'Trapolis 100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.