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X'Trapolis Tsíimin K'áak

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom· from 2023· train manufactured by Alstom

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X'Trapolis Tsíimin K'áak, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

The X'Trapolis Tsíimin K'áak is a multiple unit train built by Alstom. It is part of the X'Trapolis series of suburban trains. It is used on the Tren Maya in Mexico, also called Tsíimin K'áak in Mayan.

base stats

  • speed 180 km/htop speed
  • weight 49 tin working order
  • seats 140passengers
  • built 42made 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.
  • Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
  • Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 25.5 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 140: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.

spec sheet

built
2023
in service from
2023
status
in service
number built
42
kind
other
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Alstom
top speed
180 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
4-to-7-car sets
length
25.5 m
weight
49 t
capacity
140 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q112328613, Wikipedia: X'Trapolis Tsíimin K'áak (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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