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M1/M3
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1968· class of electric multiple unit cars on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Long Island Rail Road: The original uploader was BlastOButter42 at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. LIRR Train 2820 leaves Cedarhurst: AEMoreira042281· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2026 Long Island Rail Road Strike-117: ZhaoFJx· CC BY 4.0
- 4. LIRR M-1 Car No. 9548 - August 2023: LostplanetKD73· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. An Assortment of LIRR Rolling Stock: Fan Railer ( talk )· Public domain
- 6. Arch St Shops track approaches: The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Arriving M3 Train LIRR at Penn Station New York: Bonnachoven· CC0
- 8. Arriving Penn Station (1972): Hunter Desportes· CC BY 2.0
- 9. 19990705 03 MNCR Croton-Harmon, NY (6700949869): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 10. 20220214 162942 M-3 8010 Scarborough: Lexcie· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The M1 and M3 are two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad, and Metro-North's predecessors, Penn Central and Conrail. Originally branded by Budd as Metropolitans, the cars are more popularly known under their model names, M1 (late 1960s/early 1970s cars) and M3 (mid-1980s cars). The Metro-North cars were branded under the M1A and M3A series.
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
- First built 58 years ago, in 1968.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 477 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 51.8 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 120: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 58 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,264
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 477 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 650–
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- Married Pair
- length
- 51.8 m
- capacity
- 120 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6713473, Wikipedia: M1/M3 (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.