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Budd Universal Transit Vehicle
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1983· subway car built by the Budd Company from 1983 to 1986
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- 1. MTAM Millford-Mill-departing-train: Sturmovik at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Budd Universal Transit Vehicle is a heavy rail electric multiple unit built by the Budd Company (under the name Transit America) from 1983 to 1986, for the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink and Miami-Dade Metrorail systems.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 45.7 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 664: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 43 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- status
- in service
- number built
- 236
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Miami-Dade Transit
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 700-
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset (married pair)
- length
- 45.7 m
- capacity
- 664 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q64520254, Wikipedia: Budd Universal Transit Vehicle (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.