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- 1. XM-01 y XM-04 en Est Alameda: Ranma sb15· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The X'Trapolis Modular is an electric multiple unit operated by Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) in Chile. The trains are part of Alstom's X'Trapolis family and were built at the company's Barcelona plant from 2013 to 2015 and again from 2021 to 2022.
who runs it
base stats
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
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 46 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
- top speed
- 143 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(2)′Bo′
- formation
- 2 cars (Mcp-Mc)
- length
- 46 m
- capacity
- 96 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18417539, Wikipedia: X'Trapolis Modular (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.