#4562
São Paulo Metro K stock
🇧🇷 Brazil ·built by Companhia Brasileira de Material Ferroviário· from 1984· São Paulo metro train stock class
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- 1. FrotaK307: VitorBarbosa01· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The São Paulo Metro K stock is a class of refurbished electric multiple units from C stock, originally built by Companhia Brasileira de Material Ferroviário, with fleet number from K01 to K25, complemented by L stock, with fleet number from L26 to L47. K stock had tests in other line, but never operated out of Line 3-Red.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 5.3 MW is about 62 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 130 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 2010
- status
- in service
- number built
- 25
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- builders
- Companhia Brasileira de Material Ferroviário
- operators
- Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 5.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- 6-car sets (A–B–B–B–B–A)
- length
- 130 m
- weight
- 37.3 t
- capacity
- 8 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18479547, Wikipedia: São Paulo Metro K stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.