3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metro M1, stanice Ládví: Elephant0406· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Metro M1 in Prague: Zlobr 007· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Metro in depo, Prague: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Metro M1 is a Czech type of metro train, which is used on line C of the Prague Metro. These Metro trains were made by the companies ČKD, Siemens and ADTranz mainly from 2000 to 2003 and were developed especially for Prague.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 96.7 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,464: 29 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 26 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 53
- kind
- DC electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD, Siemens, Adtranz, Siemens Mobility
- designer
- Patrik Kotas, Antonín Honzík
- operators
- Prague Public Transit Company, Prague Metro, Maracaibo Metro
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- List of railway electrification systems#750 V DC conductor, 750 V DC (nominal) from under-running third rail (Prague), (nominal) from overh…
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′(+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′)
- length
- 96.7 m
- weight
- 140 t
- capacity
- 1,464 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q668800, Wikipedia: Metro M1 (Prague) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.