#5702
Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by China CNR Corporation· from 2013· Class of Chinese built trains used on the Subte Buenos Aires network
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 200 Series: Buenos Aires Ciudad· CC BY 2.5 ar
what is it?
The 200 Series is a set of underground cars manufactured by China CNR Corporation and CITIC Construction for use on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground in Argentina. The cars replace the 100-year-old La Brugeoise cars which operated on the line up until 2013. The Buenos Aires Underground ordered 45 of these units, followed by a further 105 which have been put into service on the line.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- Seats 1,148: 23 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- number built
- 150
- kind
- metro
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- China CNR Corporation, CITIC Construction
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 3M+2T
- capacity
- 1,148 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q21423620, Wikipedia: Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.